The New and Wonderful History of TrueType
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Truly quite amazing revelations from out west!
Says here http://blog.typekit.com/2014/07/30/the-adobe-originals-silver-anniversary-story-how-the-originals-endured-in-an-ever-changing-industry/ ,
"When Imagen lost to Adobe, Sampo needed a new home for his innovation. The ‘law of unintended consequences.’”
WoW! I had no friggin' idea that TrueType was the result of a single unemployed engineer. It's just amazing, and there is so much more, I guess as font wars reheat once again, we won't be looking out there for accurate editorial content.;)
Says here http://blog.typekit.com/2014/07/30/the-adobe-originals-silver-anniversary-story-how-the-originals-endured-in-an-ever-changing-industry/ ,
"When Imagen lost to Adobe, Sampo needed a new home for his innovation. The ‘law of unintended consequences.’”
WoW! I had no friggin' idea that TrueType was the result of a single unemployed engineer. It's just amazing, and there is so much more, I guess as font wars reheat once again, we won't be looking out there for accurate editorial content.;)
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Where is the series of counter story posts on the Font Bureau blog? ;p0
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If history teaches us invaluable lessons, why give them away for free?
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Where is paywalled Font Bureau blog? ;p1
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That is being saved for my retirement, in case my career in type doesn't work out.:)2
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