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Re: Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
The mottled and overlapped hat in the same ink suggests to me this was lithographed, not letterpressed. I would guess there won't be a metal-type "smoking gun" here.5 -
Re: Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
I don’t think there is any type on this bag. It all appears to be unique letterforms. (Though, they could have used a typeface as a model.)6 -
Re: The future of type
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." —Yogi Berra ::smile:5 -
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
