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Re: Plex; IBM's new font identity model
True. But branding is much more than just the fonts — it’s using fonts in context. Otherwise IBM wouldn’t be able to use Helvetica for so many years, and so couldn’t many other companies that used re…9 -
Re: The president of Kazakhstan (or is it Qazaqstan now?) signs the latinisation edict
I think the change from Beijing Peking wasn’t an isolated change but part of a comprehensive update of the English romanization of Chinese languages. It is likely that English will switch the spellin…3 -
Re: The president of Kazakhstan (or is it Qazaqstan now?) signs the latinisation edict
The German name of Kazakhstan is Kasachstan, the Polish name is Kazachstan, the English name is Kazakhstan. I don't think either of those would need to change because the Kazakh spelling of the name …3 -
Re: FontLab Studio and High Sierra
Yep. Apple “upgraded” their system clipboard handling in macOS High Sierra to enable “Universal Clipboard 2.0”. In 2013, I suggested to Apple that they should implement “iCloud Clipboard” (as I calle…5 -
Re: Specific diacritic designs depending on language
Of course there are also circular fashions (think hipsters) and political climate. For example today in countries such as Poland, Hungary but also many others, there is a right-wing trend and intense…4
