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Re: The Number sign—now and then—across languages.
# is a fairly old mark for numbering, supposedly used for (or originated as?) with collation / bundle / pack units marking by merchants and trade workers. I remember having seen a specimen in an olde…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: Favorite ultralight diacritical marks
Beginner: Is the /i's tittle a diacritic? – Yes (of course) Advanced: Should treatment of /g's ear be the same as an attached horn or ogonek mark? – No1 -
Re: What are the great conceptual fonts?
what is a “great conceptual font” by definition?1 -
Re: Text Files for Kerning Pairs
I do almost no lowercase-lowercase kerning, but I spend a good hard time before to precisely adjust all the sidebearings. A good designed typeface needs no lc-lc kerning, see the old days when lead t…1
