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Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
I've only been lurking during the development of this design, but I signed in to say that it looks great. Congratulations Christian!1 -
Re: The president of Kazakhstan (or is it Qazaqstan now?) signs the latinisation edict
According to Wikipedia, it started from a Russian convention in the 17th century to distinguish Steppe Kazakhs from the Cossacks of the Russian Imperial military, which probably comes from the same r…2 -
Re: The president of Kazakhstan (or is it Qazaqstan now?) signs the latinisation edict
By the way, the Cyrillic ә for Kazakh, slated to be written as a' in the Latin version of the alphabet, is not a schwa sound despite using the identical glyph (though a different code point as it's a…5 -
Re: First typeface with a name?
This question intrigued me and I ended up doing a quick internet search on it for Korean typefaces, which represent a kind of a parallel history to the development of type in Europe. In Korea the typ…11 -
Re: Average number of type designers in a type design group.
If you include CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) operations, the average will certainly rise. Korean type design usually requires large teams; one major foundry (Yoon Design) has 69 employees, although…2
