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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 -
Re: number of kerning pairs vs. performance
The only thing these days which does have some influence on performance is the number of lookups in the font. This is understandable: for a given combination of enabled features, on each glyph, all a…4 -
Re: License Violation
(Off topic: The new Federal Republic of Germany formed de facto on March 15, 1991 was a completely different entity under international law than the pre-unification West Germany. It's not incidental …1 -
Re: Bookerly
1. I wonder who thinks having such tiny quotation marks and appstrophes in Literata is a good idea? (Judging by http://www.type-together.com/resources_production/big/galeria_de_contenidos/_galleries/…3 -
Re: Do OpenType GSUB lookups need to be under the 'correct' feature?
It's kind of bad. In Microsoft apps, GPOS-based ss01 won't work (but GSUB-based will), in other engines both will work. See: https://sites.google.com/a/twardoch.com/typography/font-tech/gpos-stylisti…2
