Mark Simonson · Type designer

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• Re: MyFonts and families

  Mark Simonson

  January 2017
  I'm not convinced that fonts acquired on a steep discount actually get used very much. Back when I was more of a font user than a font maker, it was definitely true of me. Not that this matters …
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• Re: OpenType labels in software

  Mark Simonson

  January 2017
  As far as I can recall, the problem is that FontLab Studio 5 uses an older version of the AFDKO, a version that predates support for named stylistic sets.
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• Re: OpenType labels in software

  Mark Simonson

  January 2017
  Having both doesn't break anything. I've been including both for as long as I've been making OpenType fonts.
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• Re: glyf (i.e. contour) analysis reports on libre fonts.

  Mark Simonson

  November 2016
  From the warning message regarding overlapping composites (W1110) in Font Validator: "Although Microsoft discourages this type of glyph design, for legacy reasons this overlap is allowed for com…
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• Re: Changes to Reactions

  Mark Simonson

  November 2016
  I don't mind the change all that much, but it is a real shame to have over four years of metadata in the existing discussions wiped out. First Typophile, now this.
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