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Re: How does Adobe's automatic Optical kerning work?
I’ve railed against this before, but maybe it’s time to do it again for a new generation.One needs to evaluate the results of applying Optical Metrics to a setting very carefully. Although it may hav…8 -
Re: How does Adobe's automatic Optical kerning work?
Sure, but . . . Really? In what way do you think it considering this?1 -
Re: How does Adobe's automatic Optical kerning work?
The results are the problem. That second “lithium” is a poorly spaced word. And not a particularly challenging one at that. Which is why I have trouble believing that the Adobe Optical Metrics algori…1 -
Re: Bearing and kerning
Honestly, I would not have chosen Garamond Premier Pro as an exemplar to learn contemporary practices from. I respect Rob Slimbach’s work greatly. But, as something of an historic homage, Garamond Pr…2 -
Re: Can tabular numbers be a default set?
I wouldn’t say “most,” these days. There are some. The practice is certainly not unprecedented. I think most of those that you will find with default tabular figures derive from or inherit from fonts…2
