Christopher Slye
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Re: Why the link on the first zero in %?
I can’t really answer your question, but it’s always seemed like a natural connection to me. (Way better than, say, a c_t ligature.) I’ve always assume it’s an outgrowth of some handwritten source. (View Post)2 -
Re: Ramiro Espinoza steps down from TypeDrawers moderation
Cheers, Ramiro! (View Post)1 -
Re: Type pricing and licensing: as a tool or material?
@JoyceKetterer I think that’s a big part of it! I also think (digital) fonts have always been regarded as trivial, less-valuable pieces of software because they’re so often deployed in quantities, or… (View Post)3 -
Re: Type pricing and licensing: as a tool or material?
So much of licensing conventions comes from early desktop publishing, where the end product was almost always print. In that case, the old “fonts as tools” model works pretty well. Unfortunately, eve… (View Post)5 -
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 … (View Post)6
