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Re: Anti-Ink-Traps
I see this forum is so much more about psychology than I initially thought. I can't count the times I wanted to post a new discussion or answer but abstained because I was too anxious about being put…2 -
Re: Notes on the rendering of Garamond and Caslon typefaces when set at small sizes. Also, a request.
Thomas, I think your argument is unproductive and unhelpful. Fiz’s question showed taste and discernment. As it is likely that his taste had been formed by his examination of printed books, my respon…1 -
Re: GSUB lookup processing: only ever one action?
Yes, Karsten picked up on the following paragraph which indicates what the processing model is. I'd still like to see things stated more clearly in the spec, though.1 -
Re: Slow Learner Needs More Advice
As far as I can tell, your roman is done; it looks perfectly good. If understand you correctly, you're perceiving a mismatch between the steep bowl-to-stem join of /a/b/d/p/q and the shallow bowl-to-…1 -
Re: Slow Learner Needs More Advice
You're at a point where questions like "Is roman /Z too wide and /H too narrow?" no longer have an objective answer. It is up to you, and that's a choice you should feel confident in making…1 -
Re: Free fonts are good→free fonts are bad
Or... They'll just go ahead and use it in their commercial project without thinking twice about it. Because, who'd know?1 -
Re: Interesting kerning behavior in macOS applications
Text is split into runs before shaping, and one such run boundary is in between different scripts. Adobe’s apps do some additional processing (e.g. “optical” kerning) which also works across scripts.…3 -
Re: New WIP
Standard g plus earless g for diacritics. I think this is OK.5 -
Re: Ultramodernity & Hypermodernity in Typeface Design
Historical taxonomy (“genotype”) is not much use for identifying type style unless one is referencing a particular design movement to which a typeface belonged. Theo Ballmer’s lettering of 1928 would…3 -
Re: Affiliate program for Extensis
I had not seen this before. Seems pretty straightforward. Lovely that they are not charging foundries for it or taking any commission. Of course, you are in effect adding functionality to their progr…3
