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Re: What are 'true italics'?
In the serif tradition—defining both uprights and italics to be part of the same font family, while having little or no family resemblance, is a weird “act of history”. Still, I consider this traditi…2 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
I would say that this hybrid approach is over-utilized in sans serif fonts. Why? In the serif tradition, italics usually have a cursive construction, and usually differ significantly from the corresp…2 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
Italics are being used for emphasis, but also for many other purposes. Trying to define a style of letters or fonts based on what they are used for, is interesting—but not very useful. Likewise, one …1 -
Re: Multiple master/Designspace design workflow
2. Given that the regular face is going to be the most used one, does it makes sense to take that as the starting (intermediate) master and add the ends of the other axes on top? ---> Yes. 3. Is i…2 -
Re: Changes to Reactions
Indeed, because with the old system, if some people dislike a contribution, they just vote such a contribution down until it gets buried—which can be done quite quickly. Why not “balance the negativ…3
