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Re: Where is Arabic Italic originating from?
In the late 16th century (and in German-speaking lands much later) a practice existed where the native languages were often set in blackletter type or in italic, while roman type was used for inserti…1 -
Re: Where is Arabic Italic originating from?
In German, italic type is called “kursiv” (quick, fluent), similarly in Polish (“kursywa”). I think it’s much better conceptually. Inclination (slope) may be one aspect of cursifying (italicization) …2 -
Re: How big is the type design industry?
Also, trying to attribute revenue to “type design” is of course moot because digital fonts work largely on the licensing level. Many fonts that are licensed to clients and customers today have been d…2 -
Re: Public domain pros and cons
Ps2. There is a good reason why the OFL stipulates that the copyright notice is included in the license text and in the fonts. That copyright notice isn't just for decorative purposes. It clearly set…1 -
Re: Public domain pros and cons
Ps. Of course in a mutual situation, each OFL co-author of a work that has been previously published independently is both licensor of his own work and licensee of the other. But since both authors a…2
