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Re: Visual Alternatives to Times New Roman?
Are you the only student in this class? If not, then the reason for using a “default” typeface such as Times Roman is so that everyone’s work will be judged on their writing, not their font choice. A…7 -
Re: Publishing through a foundry
Not to sound too pedantic, but personally I’d use the term “distributor” or “distribution partner” for this. It’s nitpicky; there are indeed foundries that will accept other designers or foundries in…5 -
Re: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri
Um... Have people heard of copy and paste? It's quite useful, actually, and can be used in a very broad range of situations. And because of its general utility, it's likely more people cou…1 -
Re: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri
The commissioned character set for the candidate replacement fonts was limited to CP 1252 (Western Europe). The selected family, now renamed Aptos, has been extended to support the current standard O…2 -
Re: Numerals and distinction between capital O and number 0
This four is the tallest figure I’m aware of—lining, cap height, plus descender! The style is Scotch Modern Italic.1 -
Re: Contextual alternates in latin sans-serif
For more visual examples of one-sided strokes on Ł, see this Flickr thread, including signs, commemorative plaques, shop fronts, handwritten price tags. I wondered whether it’s acceptable for native …2 -
Re: Contextual alternates in latin sans-serif
I think, a certain liberty in the treatment of accents (and Lslashes&ogoneks) has a long tradition in Poland. My favorite Lslash on 50 złotych banknote:2 -
Re: Publishing through a foundry
This very old article by Stephen Coles boils it down to these questions:4 -
Re: Publishing through a foundry
Most foundries want an exclusivity period for a given font but wont care if you have multiple fonts with multiple foundries.4 -
Re: Directory of typeface sellers
Village is no longer in operation. If you follow the link, the announcement also includes links to where you can find the former fonts and foundries of vllg.com.7
