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Re: Florin sign (ƒ)
At one time, a script M was used as the symbol for the German Mark. So the idea that the florin symbol might be inherently italicized does not seem odd to me. But in that case, it must not be unified…2 -
Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
In addition to Gerstner-Programm, I have located another alternative typeface for those whose projects seem to demand Helvetica, but who wish to instead choose a typeface that indicates taste and dis…2 -
Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
LOL. To those reading this who are not typographic experts, Arial is a typeface which Microsoft commissioned from Monotype to allow documents to be prepared within Windows for printing on an HP Lase…8 -
Re: Metafont – ?
Why do you do that? It will only confuse everyone, since everyone else means the 199x's by the 90's. I know that the 20th Century goes from 1901 to 2000, so one could indeed say that the 199th Decad…1 -
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
