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Re: Font QA Survey for PhD.
While variable font online testing has loosened attitudes a bit lately, I think you will find that, on the one hand, there is still a fair bit of reservation toward using online tools for proofing WI…2 -
Re: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri
As much as I applaud MS for making such a process more transparent, open and iterative, I feel neither of the fonts really feels Microsoft (brand) nor default (UI). I’d be curious was this an after-t…2 -
Re: Quality Control Software?
If you managed to get Fontbakery installed you don't need any programming knowledge to use the pre-made check profiles, which are very useful: see the documentation. At a minimum, in Terminal use som…4 -
Re: Do typedesigners with bad handwriting exist?
The most interesting observation from this discussion to me is the fact that many of those who regularly write by hand today do so privately. When handwriting used to be you calling card, it now is h…3 -
Re: Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?
Yes, I expressed that incorrectly and didn't intend to cut history short; I didn't mean it to sound like typewriters or computer keyboards introduced the double S. One of the ways the double S capita…1
