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Re: Digital Greek Typography is Broken
I have just finished watching this YouTube video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPicWqEaAwcApparently Safari fails to render Unicode-compliant Mongolian-language fonts correctly.I have always felt t…0 -
Re: Fun, detailed essay on old machine-routing font
I suppose I should clarify my remarks.I found your book excellent and fascinating.The reason that I found the online essay to be in error is, simply, that the convention in typography is to use a nam…0 -
Re: Fun, detailed essay on old machine-routing font
Well, Marcin Wichary did write a book.But, sadly, in my opinion, this essay is marred by a serious error. Yes, the Gorton Machine company made one typeface of this form for its line of metal engravin…0 -
Re: Drawing greek letters
My initial impression was that it looked about as good as the Greek in many typefaces provided by major vendors which were not primarily intended as Greek-language typefaces. Although I am neither a …1 -
Re: You would think that the Washington Post could do better than this
I have been thinking some more about this issue.Is it possible to simultaneously hold, without contradicting oneself, the following two propositions as beliefs:* The mishandling of accented words sho…0