This AI stuff is going off-topic for this thread, but is something I would be happy to discuss elsewhere. I can think of a bunch of things that I think machine learning is going to struggle with beyo… (View Post)
Me: Nick: Indeed, but that has nothing to do with what you appeared to be talking about, which is variable versus static fonts in the context of typeface design as intellectual property. I would disa… (View Post)
Nick, you claimed ‘The variable format has opened an intellectual property can-of worms’, but now acknowledge that no one has addressed the matter in a legal context. You further claimed, in alarming… (View Post)
Hrant, I'd say being self-taught is actually a blip in the history of typeface design, mostly limited to some of us who got into it in the 1990s. If you look at the situation before that, you have mo… (View Post)
The terminology varies by practice and profession. For instance, the people who write the text in comic books are credited with lettering them. Craig's suggestion that 'lettering' be taken as a catch… (View Post)