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Re: What were the first OpenType font releases? And when?
Office 2000 was possibly the first product that bundled fonts with OpenType Layout tables, when they were called OpenType. It shipped in June 1999 and included Arial and Times New Roman versions 2.76…6 -
Re: The Next Font Format?
BTW, my #1 wish for “OpenType 2.0” is that it receives a well-edited specification. Resolving ambiguities, improving clarity, removing some ancient aspects that are no longer needed, and generally be…6 -
Re: Politically correct weight names
Another system would be indeed to standardize on a max 9 weights per family, which makes it compatible with CSS webfonts, but use weight series if you need more. I often found it useful to have more …1 -
Re: GlyphsApp, Prepolator, & Superpolator vs. Just Plain GlyphsApp
Dave, I see a certain contradiction in what you're saying: you say that .glyphs is becoming an "industry-standard source format" while you cite examples of foundries using various tool…7 -
Hermann Zapf (8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015)
The great calligraphy and type design master Hermann Zapf passed away yesterday, on 4 June 2015, at the age of 96. Hermann has been a defining force behind type design and typography in the 20th cent…18
