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Re: Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
Given that this kind of geometric sans-serif lettering (especially in lowercase) wasn’t widely common until the late 1920s, I’d guess 1928–40.5 -
Re: Variable fonts, axes values
Riffing on what Mark wrote: I like that idea in some ways, but one advantage of the sliders is that it can visually show the available range (and potentially also show the default) as well as where o…3 -
Re: Variable fonts, axes values
I wonder if a numeric input field without a slider might be a better UI for variable fonts. Font size has long been variable, but font size sliders are rare in apps. Instead, there is a popup with &q…4 -
Re: What were the first OpenType font releases? And when?
David, OK, maybe I should have phrased it differently. Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 (1993) and Apple QuickDraw GX (1995) used Unicode. And the Apple engineers did design SFNT around 16-bit Unicode, which…3 -
Re: What were the first OpenType font releases? And when?
I've experienced this too; I use the icon </> on the toolbar to get into the HTML markup and enter text outside the blockquote, and then switch back to the regular editor.1 -
Re: lcaron and dcaron
It’s not just “which option needs more kerning pairs/classes” but also whether you think overlapping glyphs are a bigger problem than extra space. I definitely believe this, so all other things being…1 -
Re: Type design hot takes
Even if it won't be confused in context, it really needs more space between the two vertical stems to be easily recognized as two T’s rather than as a single character.5 -
Re: The design process
That‘s a very good synthesis. I would add that the question of "finding the «perfect» curve” while drawing by hand and drawing on the computer poses itself differently, and thus poses different…3 -
Re: Type design hot takes
Eh, it's an expressive display face modeled on hand lettering. As such, it includes some of the delightful and distinctive quirks of sign painters and letterers. There's very little chance it'll be c…4 -
Re: Type design hot takes
(T_T) is the face I make seeing this.4
