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Re: I run a type foundry. I’m an AI.
We are certainly configured to pass on our personal genes, and those of our kin, but humanity has also evolved social altruism, which should now extend to the whole species. That means resisting ecoc…1 -
Re: On the appropriateness of small-cap-specific symbols
That “dancing” is minimized when the mid-line of small caps and numerals is the same. I don’t always follow that principal (see Scotch Modern in the middle of Ruixi’s image above), but I have in seve…1 -
Re: Would you recommend being a type designer?
One of the things that directed me towards type design was the idea of earning passive income from dry-transfer royalties. Like rock stars from vinyl record sales. That was in the 1970s. I submitted …6 -
Re: Autokerner: free spacing and kerning for FontLab 8, all masters in one run
That’s sad. I’ve always enjoyed the meditative quality of manual kerning. And isn’t manual kerning where one really becomes intimate with how all the characters of one’s concept fit together? The mos…6 -
Re: Michelangelus typeface from the Vatican
Unfortunately, no examples of Jesus’ writing are extant. Nonetheless, should it not be possible to produce a font based on his hand? After all, artists have for centuries depicted his likeness, despi…1
