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Re: What is sharp S
It should be noted that German got unified spelling unusually late for a major European language, only in the late 19th century. In the 17th and early 18th century German spelling varied a lot, and “…2 -
Re: ATypI's (old) stance on cloning vs. yours
I wasn't there but from what I got from conversations with older designers was that Hermann Zapf was one of the first prominent post-WWII designers who negotiated _licensing_ of his designs to f…1 -
Re: Latinized Greek
> Greece should have the chance to find its own typographic voice, connected to its own cultural roots. Except, of course, if some of them are fed up with their own cultural roots and are looking …2 -
Re: ATypI's (old) stance on cloning vs. yours
I can well-imagine that Bitstream may have used URW’s Ikarus tech. They had developed their own format and some tools over time, but they also did convert. But I’m reasonably sure that Bitstream’s fo…3 -
Re: Ogonek Positioning - Heavy Capital A
It’s not just “whole word tolerance”. The tolerance for diacritical marks is even higher. In many languages that only have one kind of mark above letters, “anything” above the letter will be recogniz…1
