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Re: Upper store of the lc a
It's not the same principle as with the /eight or /S. Those are symmetrical characters conceptually. The top part is smaller to make them more optically symmetrical. The /a is not symmetrical in…5 -
Re: The Pilcrow
In the metal type days, it was a separate "sort", a generic character not part of any particular typeface, and there was typically a single design. The first PostScript fonts included the p…2 -
Re: Should the bullet sign be slanted in italic?
# is a bit like @ in that it came from a generic "sorts" font in the metal days, and wasn't typeface specific until more recently, especially since PostScript. I guess if the font is m…2 -
Re: How To Start A New Type Business
It's not possible (in a technical, practical way) to prevent fonts from being copied or shared, although there are legal ways in some countries to punish people for doing it, which may discourag…7 -
Re: Widths, weights and appropriate naming
Weight is a description of type color, not stroke thickness. Normally, the meaning of the weight names shouldn't change depending on width in a family.6
