Mark Simonson · Type designer

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  • Re: Marking Copies of Fonts

    I had an idea some years ago for discouraging piracy. Basically, claim that the purchaser's credit card number (or some other sensitive data they've given you as part of the purchase) is hidden in th…
  • Re: Home office vs. office

    It doesn't work for all kinds of work, but I think it makes a good fit for the independent type designer. The social thing is definitely a factor. Before the internet, I found it much harder to work …
  • Re: The Pilcrow

    I guess I slant most things with a few exceptions: bar, brokenbar, estimated, plus any dingbat-like glyphs, like stars and other geometric shapes. Also, directional arrows.
  • 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…
  • Re: The Pilcrow

    Anything that wasn't traditionally part of the standard character set, like math operators and other symbols. Also, I need to clarify my previous comment. I checked one of my old Linotype specimen bo…
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