Mark Simonson
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Re: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri
That was the Southern Software (SSI) case. They had scaled the outlines to 98% or something and renamed the fonts, thinking that would make it legal. I remember seeing the collections sold at compute… (View Post)2 -
Re: Pet peeve: empty .notdef character.
It just needs to have <locl> support. :smile: (View Post)2 -
Re: Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6)
We've mostly been talking about OpenType features in these recollections. But the more I think of it, the biggest impact of OpenType has been the elimination of separate font files for screen and pri… (View Post)9 -
Re: Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6)
I remember OpenType as one of the reasons for switching from Fontographer to FontLab around 2004. I released my first OpenType family that year (Grad). I also remember being frustrated with the lack … (View Post)4 -
Re: FontLab vs Glyphs
I often type a glyph twice—side by side—so I can see the filled version as I work. I used to do something similar with FontLab, Fontographer, and RoboFont by leaving the preview window open containin… (View Post)7