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Re: Proportional vs. Tabular Numbers
Tabular became the default in the pre-OpenType days and I think it's because of a one-size-fits-all kind of thing: tabular looks half-decent in text setting AND can be used for tables (even tho table…1 -
Re: Grid15 – futuristic, geometric monospace
Courier is probably one of the first fonts that were ported to the digital medium, along with other “core Postscript fonts”. It’s IMHO risky to take ancient system fonts as references, many of these …1 -
Re: M75: going nowhere
> how /v has zero sidebearings That is because v has a lot of whitespace on its sides, so it needs far less spacing than a plain vertical n. Anyway, spacing like anything in type design is not so …1 -
Re: M75: going nowhere
> So it is ok not to be mathematically exact, to adjust things so they look right. It’s not just ok, it’s one of the bases of type design.5 -
Re: Case sensitive forms in calt or case?
That’s not a problem, it’s up to the user to decide whether the composition justifies the use of case-sensitive forms. e.g. sometimes when you don’t use caps on the whole line you might want to leave…1
