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Re: Typedesign and science, or: look at what I made!
I might have missed this in the paper but did you ever try getting the subjects to close one eye? The fact that we have two eyes in horizontal alignment might have something to with why we have a hor…1 -
Autospacing: the CounterSpace library
Those who know me will know I have become somewhat obsessed with the problem of automated letterfitting: not just spacing (determining sidebearings) but also full fitting (adjustments for uneven pair…3 -
Re: Type Tricks (Sofie Beier)
Designing Type is a great book but with a terrible title. It should be called Measurements and Proportions of Various Sans and Serif Latin Letters. It tells you very little about the mechanics of the…9 -
Re: Proofreaders needed for a tutorial on extending a Latin set
Preface * "extension of a Basic Latin glyph set in the various" should be "with". * That first sentence is way too long anyway; consider splitting (1) after "best familiar wi…3 -
Re: The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.
Found this vernacular signage today in Exmouth, UK. The t is also mind-blowing but obviously some sign painter saw the spurred l somewhere and decided it was a good fit.4
