Kent Lew · Type Designer

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  • Re: FAQ: Vietnamese

    Kent LewKent Lew
    At TypeCon in Washington DC a few years ago, I had occasion to talk at length with a Vietnamese type aficionado (not a graphic designer nor type designer, but a sincere typophile). He explained a few…

  • Re: Different width of ellipse?

    Kent LewKent Lew
    This is a perennial topic. (Previous Typophile conversations are unfortunately lost to the mists of time.) Just as with the dash, the preferred style for ellipsis varies between different typesetting…

  • Re: Petite Caps, anyone?

    Kent LewKent Lew
    FWIW, I have found value in having two different heights of smaller caps in some situations. For example, in a design with integrated Cyrillic, it might be worthwhile to have a small-cap height notic…

  • Re: Petite Caps, anyone?

    Kent LewKent Lew
    No, wait. That still doesn’t work. The above description yields all-pc (which is just as easily achievable without the duplicate glyphs). Sc&pc is only achievable by sacrificing either U&pc o…

  • Re: Petite Caps, anyone?

    Kent LewKent Lew
    In addition to lack of overall UI support, there is an additional complication if one wants users to have the ability to easily implement any of the possible combinations — U&sc, U&pc, Sc&…
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