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Re: AI.com was reportedly sold for 70 million USD.
The oldest recorded copy on the wayback machine shows a company called "Advanced Instruments Corp.® Services" using the domain name in 1996 (https://web.archive.org/web/19961028155350/http:…2 -
Re: AI.com was reportedly sold for 70 million USD.
If you were thinking about Peter Fraterdeus’s label, that was Alphabets, Inc. – with an AI prefix for typeface names. His domain name wasn’t half bad either. In fact, much better: alphabets.com. Now …2 -
Re: Rlig feature not applied
So the CFF .otf works but the .ttf does not? That’s very strange, because OpenType Layout should be independent of OpenType flavour. If the same .ttf works in other environments, that suggests someth…4 -
Re: AI.com was reportedly sold for 70 million USD.
Two type franchise firms may still have been in business in 1993; Alphabet Innovations and A.I. although I don't remember what the A.I. stood for. Either could have owned the domain then except …2 -
AI.com was reportedly sold for 70 million USD.
AI.com reportedly sold for 70 million USD. Just two letters: AI. As a type designer, I find this fascinating. Two characters, maximum meaning. The combination lends itself naturally to distinctive le…-1 -
Re: Input on work in progress typeface
I suspect that the lowercase g will make an odd gap when it's next to a y. Place the g in various scenarios and make adjustments based on how it interacts. That's true of all the letters, b…2 -
Re: Transliteration into Latin characters of Cyrillic characters
There are lots of online transliteration tools, many offering a choice of different transliteration systems or standards. A lot are language or script specific, e.g. the Anbani tool to switch text be…2 -
Transliteration into Latin characters of Cyrillic characters
Is it reasonable to include two character variations (cvXX) in a font to transliterate Latin characters into Cyrillic and vice versa? Or is it just a waste of time? I know there are numerous variatio…2 -
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Matthew Rechs from Business Letters has offered a sponsorship that will cover these costs for the coming year. Thank you Bizlet! Business Letters provides coaching and consulting for the independent …4 -
Re: Help Typedrawers find a new home
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