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DTL’s Ultimate *Free* 2016 Christmas Software Gift
For the next two weeks DTL CompareMaster for macOS (download [13 MB]) and Windows (download [6 MB]) will be available for free! DTL CompareMaster is a tool for comparing the outline, metrics, and hin…18 -
Re: Myfonts malfunctioning
I typically look at MyFonts with "Images" unchecked; I don't care to see the graphics. I discovered that on any given page with several hundred one-liners, they will quit displaying about h…5 -
Re: Oldstyle currencies?
I love the second one, big, also for all caps and small caps. Rotate your screen, it's a J from the italic font, as practiced in hot metal, it saves time and explains the below baseline position.5 -
Fonts.com Promo - Dwiggins Fact Check
This may be petty of me, but I feel compelled to publicly set the record straight regarding an error in the W.A. Dwiggins narrative relayed in a Fonts.com email promo that went out yesterday. (If you…12 -
Re: Mixing and matching italic and roman shapes in cyrillic fonts
@alex scholing Going back to your original question whether using upright italic shapes in Cyrillic has become ‘quite acceptable’ – As much as many of my Bulgarian colleagues like to claim that the c…5 -
Re: When to use glyphname and when to use uniXXXX?
The Adobe naming scheme is based upon their Adobe Glyph List Specification (AGL) and the Adobe Glyph List for New Fonts (AGLFN), which can be reviewed here: https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/agl-ag…5 -
Re: On counting Points
We should put that points to good use, like making a raffle and the loser pays a round of beers for everyone at ATypI Warsaw6 -
Re: Changes to Reactions
@"John Hudson" I’ll file a request with Vanilla.5 -
Re: Mixing and matching italic and roman shapes in cyrillic fonts
Wow, that logo... How do you say "dog's breakfast" in Russian? ;-Þ FWIW my experience with what's acceptable in Cyrillic depends almost entirely on whom you ask: if you ask Russian type des…5 -
Re: glyf (i.e. contour) analysis reports on libre fonts.
The font validator warnings were supposedly written around 2000, but newer Microsoft fonts like Calibri in fact do use overlapping components, so probably this warning can safely be ignored now.6
