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Re: Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6)
I agree with that — but! The support for larger character sets was such a game-changer for layout features as well. I’m thinking about the elaborate designs like Caflisch Script, Poetica and Bickham …6 -
Re: Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols
Yeah, I think in the end it has to look good (and in this case, clear), and with text figures it’s probably going to be better (to me) if © is shifted down a bit (and maybe scaled or otherwise adjust…2 -
Re: Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols
These symbols have legal substance, so it’s best to keep them basic. If one ever ends up in court to protect their intellectual property and the case hinges on whether a defendant was properly aware …4 -
Re: Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols
At Adobe, we’d usually make © figure- or cap-height (fitting with its usual function inline with a numeric year). We’d make ™ and ® superscripted, sized according to the intended optical size. It was…4 -
Re: Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols
No, there’s no chance of a designer being legally liable about that — it’s the typesetter’s responsibility — but IMO making strangely-designed legal bugs is not serving the customer/user very well! …1
