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Re: Hook styles on Ƙ Ƴ ƴ
In Brill, I made the hooks quite reserved, relying more on weight than size to distinguish from regular Y/y, and trying to incorporate them more naturally into the texture, and reflecing the handling…1 -
Re: Hook styles on Ƙ Ƴ ƴ
@"John Hudson" There was an old discussion on SIL forums about the left x right position of the Y-hook. Linguists who wrote there pointed they know about a possible left hook, but found no …1 -
Re: Hook styles on Ƙ Ƴ ƴ
Oddly enough the metal Times New Roman had the adequate form for Ƙ: The mirrored Ƴ was used in the fonts used in the Unicode charts up to version 5.0 ( see https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04399-y-ho…2 -
Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit
As far as I know, the last public information about this case was that JFP was appealing the decision. Has anyone heard anything else since then? In passing, I noticed on the Google Fonts site there …4 -
Re: Ray Cruz (RIP)
This is sad news. I don't recall when or where I first met him in NYC. He was always approachable and generous with his time. When he was a type director at Young & Rubicam, I was happy to be his…2 -
Re: Hook styles on Ƙ Ƴ ƴ
(It’s really disconcerting that the Times New Roman fallback font that I see displays abjectly incorrect forms for Ƙ and Ƴ. 😖)1 -
Re: Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces
Yes, this is their digital version of the library "loan" concept. With this system they can say that each book is limited to a certain number of library visitors, even though they are remot…1 -
Re: Ray Cruz (RIP)
Ray was one of the first people I met at TypeCon and was always warm and friendly. He was also one of the last people I know to call himself a “type director” and truly continue to do that work long …3 -
Re: Ray Cruz (RIP)
Ray Cruz on Typeradio. The first few seconds reveal what a humble, goodhearted man he was.1 -
Re: Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces
Claudio, that’s great news. I recommend to anyone interesting in type history to get their hands on a copy of Mac McGrew’s book. It’s an indispensable resource. For those who can’t do so, take note t…1
