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Re: Origins of Python in Type Design
Just Van Rossum is a type designer. He was the one of the first to do really programmy things with fonts. His brother Guido invented Python.13 -
Re: Where is Arabic Italic originating from?
I'm not convinced by your katakana/hiragana distinction. Using katakana for foreign words is a relatively modern function. Both hiragana and katakana evolved from the Man'yogana script of t…2 -
Dafont has been hacked
This morning I got a notification from haveibeenpwned.com that my credentials at dafont.com have been exposed due to a data breach. Zdnet has the story. If you have a dafont account, please change yo…3 -
Re: The vinyl records of font formats
I find Windows Postscript gives a grittier, more bassy outline than the warmer, more natural curves produced by Mac Postscript. You can reproduce some of the warmth by reversing the directions of all…13 -
Re: Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?
Etymology is not semantics - infantry does not mean "child soldiers".3
