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Re: Latin without Cross Sign and Arabic Without Dots
Since he presented two opposing possibilities, that is not actually an illuminating answer.Why do people use typefaces which resemble the script of a different language?The most common reason is to …1 -
Re: Do you always start over a new font from scratch?
@"Alex Visi" It’s not a difference in the term (time period) of the license per se, but in the term of exclusivity. Lifetime license either way, usually. It depends on who the client is, an…1 -
Re: Thickness preference for crossbars of high contrast typeface
Thick crossbar is the artifact of the broad nib pen held at an angle, typical for ‘old-style’ or ‘humanist’ styles with a diagonal contrast. Not only it’s thick, but often also slanted, and can form …1 -
Celebrating 25 Years of High-Logic!
High-Logic is proud to celebrate 25 years in business as an independent font software vendor. Join the party, and receive a 25% discount for the next 25 days! It all started with a font editor (FontC…4 -
Re: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli
Here’s more about his “few basic typefaces”. It helps to remember that Vignelli was a modernist and a purist. For his 1991 iteration of this edict he was mainly responding to the explosion of experim…4 -
Re: Wishing fit curves was a thing in illustrator
@"Lila Symons" All my active folders are on Dropbox and accessible even to Adobe's iPad apps, so the Adobe Cloud is kind of redundant. I know there are some conveniences to using Adobe Clou…1 -
Re: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli
Further to Chris’ and my point, here is a typical type house catalog list from 1959 (Advertisers Composition Company, Los Angeles) when Vignelli was first working in the US. The small quantity of ava…6 -
Re: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli
To put Massimo Vignelli in context, in his day most graphic designers and art directors had access to very few text faces, and these were the classic serif designs, plus Helvetica, Univers and Futura…4 -
Re: Wishing fit curves was a thing in illustrator
Not sure what exactly "Fit Curves" does in Glyphs, but if you provide an example I could see if "Xtream Path 2" (plug-in by CValley) or VectorScribe (plug-in by AstuteGraphics) ar…1 -
Re: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli
Since Massimo was credited with that selection in the 1960s, he was probably looking at types earlier than that. I heard him repeat that selection of types during a meeting in1976 but I don't think i…7
