Although the eszet is regarded by Germans as a letter, and not a ligature, its form had its origin in a ligature of long s followed by short s which fundamentally resembled the fi and fl ligatures us… (View Post)
This is something I agree with in a way. But the advantage I admit that Fraktur has for German has nothing to do with the typographic style of the letters. It's simply that Fraktur typefaces have re… (View Post)
Here's a cite for the story in the post following the one you replied to: https://bit-tech.net/news/tech/software/microsoft-confirms-gpl-code-use/1/ I'm not sure what in the expression of opinion yo… (View Post)
I hadn't seen the need to provide evidence, and the theory isn't mine.Instead, this all was explained in a post by Daniel Benjamin Miller: My intent was simply to offer an illustrative scenario that… (View Post)
Back in the metal type era, it was considered an achievement when type foundries standardized the position of the baseline. Normally, there were three standard positions; one for titling faces, a &qu… (View Post)