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Re: Public domain pros and cons
Dave, you are very deeply mistaken. OFL is just a software license, and a is a legal instrument (a form of a contract) between two parties: a licensor (the copyright holder) and the licensee. In a s…6 -
Re: Small caps as a variable font axis in Glyphs?
I’ll point out that today, OpenType Font Variations work on the notion that each dynamically created instance is a separate “font” in terms of the text layout process. When text layout is performed, …2 -
Re: LibreOffice 5.3.0 adds OpenType Layout feature support
This is very unobvious for software developers who use existing text layout libraries to solve. Their code needs to itemize the text into runs which have the same font, size, script, language system …5 -
Re: How big is the type design industry?
Frank, I should clarify what I meant by "cheap". Of course I didn't mean "cheap" in an absolute sense, because no such thing exists. Yet the cost of digital type design is al…2 -
Re: How big is the type design industry?
Type design outside Asia is done in relatively small teams. Given that most cost of type design is labor, it's still pretty cheap. Most type design projects wouldn't take more than 3 man-ye…1
