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Re: Regarding the new Saudi riyal currency symbol
For more info as to why U+FDFC cannot be used for the new Saudi riyal currency sign, see the following document prepared by the working group under the Unicode Technical Committee that reviews encodi…1 -
Re: When in the type design process do you start drawing different weights and styles?
As soon as ADHESION is drawn in a regular weight I start on the black weight. It’s easy for me to do an overly tight—i.e. bland—regular weight. Jumping into the black weight early forces me to think …5 -
Re: Avoid "stroke"
I'm all for freedom of expression, I don't mind people using the term stroke, and Hrant quoting himself. But while Hrant's arguments against using stroke are legitimate and insightful, as well as arg…2 -
Re: Should a Desktop License include Use in Online Design Tools?
" but it does complicate matters by making optimizations that change the original font." I think it's one thing to have a technical conversation amongst font people but for the sake of redu…1 -
Re: Type tester websites?
You may find some alternatives here: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/684202 -
Re: Should a Desktop License include Use in Online Design Tools?
Cough ... CFF ... cough.2 -
Re: Should a Desktop License include Use in Online Design Tools?
Okay, thanks for correcting my sloppy expression. We're talking byte level optimizations, so yes, lossless is wrong, but in terms of the compressed and decompressed fonts they are, shall we say, quas…2 -
Re: Digital Greek Typography is Broken
@"Lucas de Groot" Yes, it would. It currently looks strange when used as ano teleia (instead of U+0387). What compromise would Greek users rather have? Should dictionary division dots, Gree…2 -
Re: FontRadar
@"Axel CORJON" I was really hoping you would, so thank you for the detailed insights. I understand your need for the business model you have developed, and why you think a subcription model…4 -
Re: Digital Greek Typography is Broken
From a normalized-text point of view they are the same character. Ignore /anoteleia if that helps, then the substitution should be "sub 'periodcentered by periodcentered.loclgrek;"1
