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Re: Metafont – ?
Donald Knuth is very well respected for his achievements in computers and mathematics. This does not make him a typographer.The original Computer Modern typeface was created by means of Metafont.Of c…6 -
Re: Hyphen-minus and mathematical operators
I can think of one huge con immediately. What happens when you want to multiply x by something?In FORTRAN and BASIC, not only is the hyphen used for minus, but the asterisk is used for multiplicatio…1 -
Re: Free fonts are good→free fonts are bad
Actually, it's not complicated to guess why; it's just that in a way, his wording is tricky.I suspect that he did not mean what a naïve interpretation of his statement would suggest: that when he re…1 -
Re: Type design hot takes
I don't know. Surely there are some typefaces that are usable in all three situations, even if one of them might be preferred. For example, many Jensons might fill that bill. It's possible to use Go…1 -
Re: Can you help me with my super picky typeface search?
One thing I did in response to the original post was, after following the link for Hind, look at the other typefaces for which fonts were available at the Indian Type Foundry.Since, historically, som…1
