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Re: Reason for this kind of double quotation marks
This quote mark, which you view as a closing mark from the German perspective, is considered an opening quotation in English usage. There is precedent for such “mirrored” quotes in several 20th centu…3 -
Re: The M formula...
There was also this early homage of sorts by Christian Schwartz.2 -
Re: Inspiration for Times New Roman
I agree. I think this is one of those situations where a descriptive epithet transformed into an official moniker. Original, casual references to The Times’s new roman, became Times New Roman.Somewha…3 -
Re: Variable Fonts and Graphic Design
As I recall, the “grading” concept was developed at Font Bureau primarily by Tobias Frere-Jones, along with Mike Parker, in the context of a project sponsored by the Poynter Institute for Newspaper S…3 -
Re: Latin small letter n with macron
FWIW, there is precedent for -mañjari being used by the Sanskrit poet Kṣemendra for various verse collections of stories abridged from longer epics — e.g. Ramāyaṇamañjari, Bhāratamañjari. Perhaps tha…1
