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Re: Dream big: your ideal composition / typesetting software
Guide labels. This has always been missing from ID. The ability to label guides and have the label show up on rollover or as a tag outside the trim. Would be especially useful when preparing files to…1 -
Re: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for?
While you're analyzing stems and counters and grayness, it's the thickness of *hairlines* (in modulated text typefaces) that jump out to me when a "small" face is used too big, and especial…6 -
Re: symbol ^ is used as power ( superscript ) in math, how about symbol for subscript?
For variable names in physics, the underscore feels most intuitive: F_res = ...That also matches LaTeX usage.3 -
Re: Is Adobe Originals closing down?
I often tell type tourists (like big co executives ;) that one has to be extremely picky in temperament to be a professional type designer, to care passionately about tiny details that are impercepti…6 -
Re: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for?
I think the idea of measuring grey value derived from the ratio of black to white area coverage is sound in the context of weight change as ‘a very simple optical size adjustment for fonts without an…1 -
Re: Dream big: your ideal composition / typesetting software
I would settle for one that didn’t “upgrade” continually, disorienting me. In fact, I still do the majority of my design work (FontLab, InDesign, Photoshop) on a 2014 iMac with similar vintage apps, …1 -
Re: A new Art Deco, and the hunt for Broadway Greek/Cyrillic
Great find Mark!1 -
Re: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for?
In the case of faux small caps, though, the "inked area relative to the surrounding negative space" *isn't* the same, since the scaling down introduces more white space above and below the …1 -
Re: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for?
odd about the link, i fixed it (i think ;)1 -
Re: "No style grouping conflict" issue on Monotype Font Platform
As Monotype hasn’t yet provided guidance as to what exactly they think is wrong, it leaves people guessing at answers. I was really hoping it was related to the double-Regular thing. That was at leas…3
