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Re: Fonts in use - what annoys you?
The most common faults I see frequently: 1. horizontal shrinking (deadly sin); 2. false superior figures; 3. false small capitals. “All the labour was for nothing.”4 -
Re: Norse Sans, Geometric & Grotesque
> My eyes have grown very tired of this font. When I experience that with one of my own drafts then I know that it isn’t worth any more trouble and I leave it aside, at least for a longer while. T…1 -
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: Efficiency in kerning pairs
You can hardly define this issue by exact figures. Common sense is your friend. My golden rule nº 1: Do very careful spacing of all glyphs first. Golden rule nº 2: Restrict kerning to pairs which are…3 -
Re: Aspects of quality for a typeface
Small capitals: I still believe that putting them in a seperate font is more sensible, anyway. Saves me a bunch of extra work, for the font user it is equally comfortable or even more handy. And it a…1
