Dave Crossland · Font Expert

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• Re: In your opinion, what are the key advantages for an exclusive corporate typeface?

  Dave Crossland

  July 2015
  Executive ego :) People like to have something exclusive even if it looks just like retail stuff because its "theirs".
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• Re: The Next Font Format?

  Dave Crossland

  July 2015
  Is ACE a layout engine or a font format? I agree; someone I spoke to privately said that one can't talk about a new format separate from a new line - paragraph! - layout engine, and talking abou…
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• Re: software for manipulating TT dropout settings

  Dave Crossland

  March 2015
  Khaled and I made a ttx script to edit the PREP table: https://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/source/browse/tools/nonhinting/setnonhinting-fonttools.py
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• Re: Should we enable polls on TypeDrawers?

  Dave Crossland

  February 2015
  hmm, not convinced. design by committee is where the design loses coherence, but seeking structured feedback for a designer to do with what they want doesn't strike me as risking that.
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• Re: Font Format Breakdown Web/Mobile

  Dave Crossland

  January 2015
  I would say like this - mainly, mobile doesn't use TTF hints so can be removed, saving filesize in the app bundle Formats for use with iOS & MOBILE (can be used with OS X of course, but mayb…
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