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Re: Adobe announces end of support for “PostScript” Type 1 fonts
I really don’t get the “monopoly” arguments here. Type 1 was essentially replaced by OpenType 20 years ago — forever in software terms. The format has been considered legacy software for quite a long…4 -
Re: Versioning
In my opinion, a version number should be the same family-wide, and there should always be detailed release notes somewhere which describe what the change is, and where. That’s where you would say, f…2 -
Re: You are slashing your way into the Papa New Guinean jungle...
I wouldn’t say studying historical models directly is necessary (although it’s useful and one possible approach). I think having a deeply internalized understanding of what the reading public expects…3 -
Re: Modified fonts — exclusive or non-exclusive?
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think if you’ve already charged to create a unique glyph for them (and if what you charged took into account that they own the glyph), then licensing them a version …2 -
Re: What are the great conceptual fonts?
I’ll just point out the Caflisch Script was created and released years before OpenType and InDesign. Certainly its concept was to create a set of glyphs that could be combined to create a more natur…6
