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Re: Type design hot takes
Smallcaps are a tool that can be used well or abused, or even ignored. We cannot make up for the skills of the user. We can only do a good job in making them available for those who need them. It is …3 -
Re: Type design hot takes
Uh? Is the point to raise "unpopular opinions" to foster a fruitful discussion? Otherwise I do not see the point.1 -
Re: New WIP
The U looks back to front.2 -
Re: Metafont – ?
I think there's more to say on this: METAFONT is both too simple and way too complicated. The first thing to note is that Donald Knuth is a genius, and like many geniuses, came up with brilliant ways…9 -
Re: Type design hot takes
Hi, Claudio... Given that the meaning of a hot take as I understand it, is a "piece of deliberately provocative commentary that is based almost entirely on shallow moralizing", my assumptio…4 -
Re: Type design hot takes
As an example: Small Capitals (aside from the fact one could "like" or not "like" them) are precious for an advanced level of formatting. They provide a level of formatting which…2 -
Re: Type design hot takes
I totally do NOT remember. Which may be just as well. (If it was neither Rob nor Carol nor you nor I, was it The Organist? The Bay Swimmer? The Brewer? I know not.) One basic problem with the Th lig…3 -
Re: Type design hot takes
My take: The ‘Th’ ligature is not a problem, only its design. I think it’s easy for designers to forget that a ligature is supposed to fix an optical problem — to eliminate a distraction, make text e…3 -
Re: New WIP
The bottom of the b is like the top of the q, but you’re right that they should both extend to the overshoot.1 -
Re: Metafont – ?
I think the failure of Metafont is that the model it's based on is too simple and not flexible enough for creating (or re-creating) typefaces. It always struck me that Metafont fonts look as if they …3
