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LTTR/INK
Another attempt to provide a way to design type using skeletons: https://www.lttrink.com I haven't tried it yet, partly because I'm not really interested in building letterforms starting from skeleto…3 -
Re: Anatomy of Typography - SHOULDER
The /u has a shoulder. It's just doing a handstand. :smile:5 -
Re: Basic characters for scientific publications
I think this may have been the idea behind the Symbol font that was included in the original PostScript interpreter. That is, it was a font of less-used characters that could be used with other fonts…5 -
Re: Vertical metrics strategy for optical sizes
I think a better way to think of it, the size of the caps relative to the UPM should remain constant, while x-height and ascenders/descenders may vary for different optical sizes—within a family. The…4 -
Re: Why does TrueType use quadratic splines?
My understanding is that, although the paths were more difficult to edit, it was computationally more efficient than cubic béziers. Remember, at the time, the use of outline fonts for screen display …5
