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To reiterate what John has said: The layout engine processes first GSUB, and then GPOS. It splits features in each table into groups. For some complex scripts, it forms many “groups of one” for the s… (View Post)

That’s the case of things now, Johannes. In addition to the scripts being processed in different glyph runs, the directional difference means kerning won't work across the bidi boundary. However, the… (View Post)

Monotype sold matrices for a number of variant glyphs that could make Gill Sans look more Futura-like, since the company didn't have rights to adapt Futura to its machines. (Linotype similarly made F… (View Post)

Yes and no, Ray. The kana letterforms are the same for sure, but progressive teaching of kanji (unavoidably) rather complicates that story. What makes it particularly interesting is that kana-only bo… (View Post)

Yes, it’s Monotype’s “infant” Gill, with the single-bowl /a and /g, which found popularity as an adult face in mid-century-modern France and Germany, being slightly more continental and “Futuristic” … (View Post)

@"Rafał Buchner" @"Viktor Rubenko" Having done quite a bit of hinting for Microsoft (including variable fonts), I feel particularly well-positioned to answer your question :) VTT … (View Post)

I don't think it's about commission split. I am actually very suspicious of too good a commission split because it means they are likely cutting costs elsewhere. The real problem with monopoly in the… (View Post)

I think that basic type design education is probably good for the profession. It teaches designers how hard it is to make even a mediocre type face and then they appreciate good typefaces. (View Post)

Basic Commercial as already mentioned by Craig is Akzidenz-Grotesk. It just has a different name for legal reasons. 4 weights plus italics, and 3 rounded weights. Gothic 725 is Bitstream’s digitizati… (View Post)

I do it with proportional figures, but not tabular. Not totally sure it's worth it, but it doesn't seem like that much trouble. I also kern proportional figures with each other and with punctuation. (View Post)