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Re: What are the names for styles of the digit one?
Excellent examples. Such delicate detailing was actually rather common and widespread in Germany (as a few more samples may illustrate).5 -
Re: What are the names for styles of the digit one?
First: the lettering on coins has nothing to do with fonts. It has’nt even anything to do (directly) with typefaces (in the lead-type era sense of the word). The lettering on coins is rather a field …7 -
Re: Council for German Orthography officially allows use of u+1E9E
not quite so. Be aware that there can always be a name like JANẞEN, for instance. Which does not mean you have to kern every combination, provided you did spacing properly, first.4 -
Re: Aspects of quality for a typeface
Hard to measure all typefaces with one rule. A brilliant text face is difficult to compare to an excellent display face. Features and range of weights are much overrated, i.m.h.o., whereas drawing an…11 -
Re: Council for German Orthography officially allows use of u+1E9E
Very good designs, Mr. Shinn. And Thank You for having been one of the first pioneers who made this character a credible member of the alphabet family. However, I disselect the Leipzig form in most c…2
