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Re: Coolangatta
Hermann Zapf retrofitted the mathematical principle on his typeface Melior after the fact. Melior was drawn without any mathematical exactness, it’s very calligraphic in its details. It was designed…3 -
Re: New Open Source Font by Production Type: Spectral
Well I noticed the bumpy curves by zooming in on the PDF specimen, which was the reason to compare the outlines on top of each other in the first place. I agree that at the intended environment and s…3 -
Re: New Open Source Font by Production Type: Spectral
I’m wondering about the decision to release the fonts in TTF format only, because the conversion quality of the TrueType curves is not very good. The source PostScript UFOs look good, but the TT curv…2 -
Re: Copyright notice - deliverables placement - end user perspective
Right before your quote from the UFL, it says ‘Permission is hereby granted, [...] to propagate the Font Software, subject to the below conditions:’ So I think the copyright notice clause only applie…3 -
Re: Horizontal stroke in Latin Extended characters
I suspect that the Hbar and Tbar in Didot, Baskerville, Bodoni and Big Caslon are later additions that have not been carefully designed to match the other similar letters. Eth is part of the old Wind…3
