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Re: FontLab Studio and High Sierra
I agree that if you based your Windows apps on anything else than C++ and Win32, you were in trouble. GDI+, WPF, DirectSomething, .NET in a number of iterations — this all came and went. But a Window…1 -
Re: Specific diacritic designs depending on language
Vertical compression of diacritical marks over capital letters is not just a German thing. It's widely used in all European languages for all-caps setting in display context, to minimize the leading.…2 -
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 -
Re: FontLab Studio and High Sierra
Microsoft has a much better record than Apple in catering for users and developers of software in professional markets, including custom-developed software or software that costs several times more t…7 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
Four years later: this is a hilarious thread. Terms evolve as does type design. So in today's world, my take is the following. — cursive is a structural descriptor: when letters have a structure more…5
