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Re: Inspired by François Guyot's work
A lot can be written on this subject, but I will keep it brief here. At the risk of simplifying matters, one could state that there are two archetypal models for italics, the Italian Renaissance one …3 -
Re: Pre-digital typeface drawings question.
Chris: ‘It [IKARUS] can be daunting to the new user.’ That depends on the part of the font production involved, I reckon. One of the strengths of the IKARUS format is that for manual digitizing one d…2 -
Re: Technical Trivial Facts (.ttf)
Inspired by new approaches from type designers with dyslexia, the footwear industry realized that conventions are flexible, this way opening Pandora's Shoebox.3 -
Re: Neology: a type design experiment in readability
Nick: ‘Could we please be a little less theoretical, and a little more empirical?’ I think this is a valid question considering the fact that roman and italic type are not the result of Renaissance l…1 -
Re: Technical Trivial Facts (.ttf)
After an exhausting expedition of more than six months –and at the brink of giving up– the explorers of the World Typelife Fund (WTF) were utterly relieved to trace the last person on earth who did n…2
