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Re: ATypI's (old) stance on cloning vs. yours
Never in my life I met a second person who would combine the actual highest-possible skill with a very strong (yet still healthy) confidence. Hermann Zapf was a true force majeure of the type design …1 -
Re: ATypI's (old) stance on cloning vs. yours
Bitstream was founded by a group of ex-employees of Mergenthaler Linotype, led by Mike Parker who used to run Linotype. The Bitstream library was created on the basis of many Linotype designs, though…2 -
Re: Do browsers render system fonts and webfonts differently?
As you can see from the issues listed below, Chrome switches between FreeType and the systen renderer depending on the particular font flavor, and particular OS. I think the newest Chrome uses FreeTy…1 -
Re: How to design a curve
My own experience of drawing curves is abysmally tiny, but one thing I’ve noticed is that I always fail miserably when drawing with nodes at extremas. I get much better results when placing nodes at …5 -
Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
My Warsaw colleague Mateusz Machalski has just released his font family »Gaultier«. The family is a bit similar in concept to Ysabeau, though Mateusz cites both Garamond and Gill (and Granjon of cour…3