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Re: An interesting logotype
Ah ha! — I’ve tracked it down, in “Linotype One-Line Specimens”, 1958, New York. I had been expecting to find it under “Logotypes”, not with the punctuation, which is why I missed it at first.11 -
Re: LibreOffice 5.3.0 adds OpenType Layout feature support
To give some context, the switch to HarfBuzz was done mostly by a Google Summer Of Code Student and me (contracted by The Document Foundation). The work I was doing was originally intented to provide…7 -
LibreOffice 5.3.0 adds OpenType Layout feature support
LibreOffice 5.3.0 is a new version of the free office suite for Windows, macOS and Linux. Among its many new features is a fully-revamped text engine which uses HarfBuzz and supports both automatic a…8 -
Re: MyFonts and families
Shinntype’s best-sellers at MyFonts are Beaufort, Bodoni Egyptian and Brown, all of which were originally published at MyFonts at least 15 years ago, are close to the top of the alphabet menu, and ha…10 -
Re: MyFonts and families
I've noticed a marked decline in sales over the past year or two. Some of this I guess is a natural trailing off of old previously successful fonts, but what is telling for me is the lack of sal…7 -
Re: MyFonts and families
we've seen a decrease in the same period (not as big but still noticeable). I had thought it was because our biggest seller has been around a while and was losing steam but perhaps it's sim…5 -
Re: MyFonts and families
Sorry to be harsh, Hrant. I just didn't think your tease added anything to the conversation. @"Jasper de Waard" We are working on something like that, as indicated at the end of this A…6 -
Re: An accurate Vietnamese alphabet?
Not necessarily. I design it to sit within the lining numeral height, so it involves adjustment to scale, proportion and weight, not simply making a composite of the barred-d and an underline.10 -
Re: An accurate Vietnamese alphabet?
However you would decide on the design of it, I think it is just decent to include the character in a font that pretends to support Vietnamese.6 -
Re: An accurate Vietnamese alphabet?
These letters (ḿ ṇ ṛ ø) are not part of Vietnamese alphabet. This alphabet is correctly informed in sources like Wikipedia, Unicode's CLDR or Vietunicode. Omniglot is also correct, although they…7
