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Re: Mixed Case Liga Feature . . .
It works the same as in FontLab (or anywhere else that uses AFDKO syntax), except that you only include the part inside the curly brackets of the feature definition. The outer portion is added automa…2 -
Re: Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?
@"Scott-Martin Kosofsky" : Right, but, for example, VGC and Alphabet Innovations made (manufactured) fonts for headline setting machines, but they never called themselves type founders. My …5 -
Re: Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?
Sure, but what about the people that made the typefaces/fonts that the typesetters used (e.g., ITC, VGC, etc.)? I'd bet if you perused back issues of U&lc. from the '70s you would only find the t…3 -
Re: Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?
It's interesting, I'm pretty sure that nobody in the phototype/cold type days called themselves a foundry. My recollection is that use of the word in relation to making type seemed to fade away with …6 -
Re: Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?
I don't mind digital type people using the word foundry, although it seems a little pretentious. Language evolves. Words get their meaning from how people see fit to use them, not from the dictionary…6
