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Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
and yet, the diagonal part of Eszett is still too steep. This is also a matter of balancing the inner space with the adjacent right space (look at ẞS or ẞB). The strong bended terminal (bottom) is to…1 -
Re: How's my pixely Greek?
it is interesting in which parts greek capitals, in an emphasized ductus, depart from the basic principle vertical-strong vs. horiz.-light. Have another look at a traditional Didone Greek and then ex…1 -
Re: Æthelflæd
The idea of ‘modernizing’ a blackletter structure towards a more modern (Roman) appearance is actually a quite old one. I think it has been tried several times since the 1st half of the 19th centurey…4 -
Re: Reason for this kind of double quotation marks
The preferred and appropriate method for choosing „…“ or »…« in German text is to press the right keys. It is different characters and I advise not to force the user into one particular preference h…4 -
Re: Thoughts on Monotype and its subsidiaries?
Since I see myself as font designer in the first place, I feel somehow uncomfortable with the fact that more and more attention shifted towards technical and policy issues over the last years (just h…4