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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: List Opentype features from loaded webfonts
If you're doing this as a website, you may want to look into https://github.com/opentypejs/opentype.js which is a Javascript library that'll parse OpenType fonts for you. It has support for OT featur…1 -
Re: Ergam CJK
There isn't really a manual for CJK type design - or indeed for most craft, which is normally learnt first-hand from another person. In case it's worth knowing, even with smart components and so on, …2 -
Re: Question: Why are foot serifs cupped?
I think Smeijers’ point can apply more generally: curves give you visual margin for error, whereas discrepancies in straights are far more noticeable.2
