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Re: A humanist grotesque (sic!)
The official version says that a simple person drew this hryvnia sign, accidentally met a big boss and gave it to him. And the big boss liked it so much that he approved it... After all, it’s so eas…1 -
Re: Visual Alternatives to Times New Roman?
It depends. Times New Roman Regular or Bold? These are two different typefaces united under the same name. The models that inspire the Regular are from the 17th century, those of the Bold from the 18…3 -
Re: Visual Alternatives to Times New Roman?
In the old printout days, double-spaced Times or the like gave enough space for feedback in my experience. Courier meant a whole extra tree chopped down for no good reason. But in those days, number …1 -
Re: How to solve for phonetic font
You can use something like respelling ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_respelling ) if you're only covering English. There are other mappings to phonetic transcription like X-SAMPA …1 -
Re: A humanist grotesque (sic!)
Regarding the official guidelines for currency symbols, such as the Euro, it's often observed that while committees set the parameters, the real ingenuity lies in how typeface designers interpre…2 -
Re: How to solve for phonetic font
Apart from the technical implementation issues you describe—which could be resolved for the time being by mapping the shapes to corresponding IPA characters in Unicode—, I see a couple of problems wi…1 -
Re: AI-generated fonts as of Nov 2023
Personal opinion, not the views of any employer or other organization. Christian, isn't that because almost everything published so far is bitmap based, so even if it's awesome, it's n…2 -
Re: A humanist grotesque (sic!)
I first made these kind of gaps in currency symbols in Proza, and liked them enough to then also apply them in Ricardo (below). At the time, I thought I was the only one who did it, but I've see…3 -
Re: A humanist grotesque (sic!)
Hi Christian! Pay attention to one thing. As a norm, the Hryvnia sign is integral, without division. The division was invented by designers; it is used as a forced solution for bold styles. If you ma…3 -
Re: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri
Well sure, but it's probably also true that most Excel users don't have a clue what pivot tables or Visual Basic are.3
