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Re: Font weights not being recognized by Mac OS Ventura
What I mean is: when I go to install (JohnDoe Medium) in Fontbook it does not seem to recognize the difference between the different weights. When I try to install the regular, bold, semibold it seem…1 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
A couple further thoughts on this topic. I’d say “design for screens” used to be approached completely differently because of the hardware. Screens used to be relatively predictable. Those tasked wit…11 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
Especially prior to the introduction of the “Retina” high-res screen, we tended to standardize x-height and overshoot by means of alignment zones. Similarly, stem widths were standardized (and still …1 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
It’s only tangentially related to the subject here, but I wouldn’t discount how early Adobe Originals were designed to conform to the limitations of PostScript and low-resolution printers. Especially…3 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
A lot of case studies exist regarding design of type for reading on screen, but I am not aware of a single, comprehensive resource. I am going to second the recommendation to look at the design proce…1 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
Speaking of outlines designed around bitmaps, here is an ugly thing we made in 1998: a TTF for a terminal emulator, targeting a specific ppem size and reproducing the shapes of the client’s older, an…2 -
Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
Of course, no prediction of the future can be “true”, but don’t you think that there is a strong likelihood that the warnings of Aza and Tristan about what could go wrong due to AI, will go wrong? Ha…3 -
Re: PowerPoint: Please vote for OpenType Feature support eg. Kerning
Powerpoint had a better but less popular competitor back in the day, Aldus Persuasion. It's too bad it didn't make it. When Adobe acquired Aldus in 1994, it released a Windows version of Persuasion (…5 -
Re: Design differences between text font and math font
I want to add two documents to Ruixi's very useful suggestions:* http://www.typoma.com/publ/20041002-atypi.pdf gives an overview over the design of mathematical symbols * https://tug.ctan.org/info/sy…1 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
You can’t talk about typeface designs for screen without talking about specific display technologies, resolutions, and renderers. There are two different aspects to ‘designing typefaces for screens’:…4
