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Re: Italic for ALL glyphs?
At Adobe I was probably very much on board with the house style — generally unitalicized symbols. I’m not sure I agree anymore. The other day I was using some font and it gave me a slanted plus sign …3 -
Re: Is it lawful for me to edit existing fonts?
There are all kinds of discussions to have around this topic, but they are best begun with some awareness of the license. So please read your license first. Many open source fonts (and nearly all in …1 -
Re: Can Acumin Variable Concept be licensed?
Use of fonts that are bundled with Adobe software is actually covered by the Software additional terms — currently in Section 2.1 “Font Software”. The license allows commercial use. (Or more precisel…1 -
Re: Which is the most effective naming convention for optical sizes?
Localization issues aside, I think the names convey the designer’s intention. So if you design something for use in captions, then by all means label it “caption.” The S/M/L labels express relative i…1 -
Re: Free fonts are good→free fonts are bad
With regard to “free fonts,” I think they occupy a space that is increasingly marginal. I’d say commercial type is made, on average, with the most care, and open source fonts perhaps next, because th…6
