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Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
To borrow a metaphor from that very excellent Centre for Human Technology presentation, this seems a bit like declaring oneself a nuclear free zone.5 -
Re: Where do I put the extra characters?
Further to what Thomas wrote, I only use PUA encodings for variant glyphs if a client specifically requests, and then only after we have talked through the pros and cons. Typically, the only clients …3 -
Re: Where do I put the extra characters?
Typically, in modern fonts, these are left unencoded. You do not assign Unicode values to them at all. If you feel you must encode them for some reason, give them Private Use Area (PUA) codepoints. h…5 -
Re: Design differences between text font and math font
As I recall, only large operators and variable delimiters are shifted by the math layout engine (TeX calls these extensible symbols), so their vertical position in the font can be arbitrary—the math…2 -
Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit
Similarity is a poor standard. If the case was argued on the basis of similarity, then it was poorly argued and probably should not have been undertaken in the first place. It is perfectly possible t…2 -
Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit
I think that even font people have trouble distinguishing between the colloquial definition of "similar" and what I'll call "design plagiarism". Because I wrote an expert sta…4 -
Re: What about Crimson Text and Crimson Pro?
An opinion about typography which to have anything like a present, let alone a future, will neither be very ‘restrictive’ nor very ‘pompous’.2 -
Re: Regular vs Book
I’m working on a new variable version of our Euphemia family, and since Ross’ original Regular is quite light, I have opted to call the OS/2 weight class 500 instance ‘Book’, since it is close to the…2 -
Re: Regular vs Book
I see... that's a very helpful information John and Philip, thanks!1 -
Re: What about Crimson Text and Crimson Pro?
"The good type designer knows that, for a new font to be successful, it has to be so good that only very few recognize its novelty. If readers do not notice the consummate reticence and rare dis…2
