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Re: Positioning of sups, subs, ordn and sinf
Here is a representation of my practice in aligning these. It is not deterministic — i.e., none of these is at any prescribed numerical percentage of any of the vertical metrics. It is dependent upon…9 -
Re: About spaces
John did not answer this specific question. I’ll take a guess for him. I suspect he chose 63 as it represents 1/16 of an em, continuing the logic of other regular divisions.My practice generally mirr…1 -
Re: Outdated glyphs
I tend to include all of those, with the exception of the softhyphen, the handling of which I now consider the responsibility of the layout environment. I agree that the jacute can be handled entirel…5 -
Re: Glyphs thickness
The bowl of /D looks fairly balanced with the stem. I would aim to get /O, /C, /G, /Q looking similarly weighted. (Which might or might not be a matter of the same actual measure.)1 -
Re: Amusing YouTube Video
For those who might not be aware (or maybe weren’t even born yet!): the “Nova” in Proxima Nova was in reference to an earlier Proxima Sans. Which some of us actually licensed in the ’90s; and which I…2
