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Re: Follow these steps to create a CYRILLIC LETTER I WITH GRAVE in FontLab 8:
Characters like /grave (U+0060) are spacing characters, mostly inherited from legacy pre-Unicode character sets, although some of them are mapped to spacing modifier letters. These were used to build…3 -
Re: TrueType hinting in 2020
As Aaron implies: there are billions of people with much cheaper devices and lower resolutions in Asia and Africa. (Plus, Eastern Europe and South America are more-or-less in between Africa/Asia and …2 -
Re: TrueType hinting in 2020
"It’s 2023 and HiDPI screens seem to be almost the norm." I think that may be true within certain circles, but likely is not true across globally across a wide swash of users. IMO. I'd also…2 -
Re: With more appearances of "AI" in text, I wonder about /I with crossbars
One might consider putting in some Contextual code to substitute a serifed “I” in the acronym AI, for fonts that otherwise have an I without serifs.2 -
Re: With more appearances of "AI" in text, I wonder about /I with crossbars
In general, the typeface itself will determine whether a serifed I is appropriate as the default form. For example, when I look at your typefaces, Adam, I feel like I know whether I expect the defaul…1 -
Re: Where to find old fonts?
You don’t need high resolution or perfect fidelity from your source material. Apologies, but I’m going to quote myself:12 -
Re: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri
The serifed version reminds me of a serifed version of Middleton’s Radiant, from the 1930s.2 -
Re: A humanist grotesque (sic!)
Given the construction of the 3, 5 and S (and 6 and 9), the bottom-center terminal of the cap Eszett seems like it should not have an angled cut. Kind of feels like it ought to be cut vertically. Alt…3 -
Re: Where to find old fonts?
In general, I have been disappointed with the lack of resolution provided by the scans available online. This is particularly problematic for text type.6 -
Re: Print shop to the Stars. (Adam Savage again)
Wow, thanks for sharing this, @"John J. Blair". One of the things mentioned supports a theory I have about typographic props in the nineties and 2000s. As some of you may know, I wrote an a…8
