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Re: Monospaced ligatures
I have seen ligatures in monospaced typestyles used with the older Hammond typewriters that preceded the Vari-Typer. Some of the catalogs in which the styles are illustrated are online. So I know it'…3 -
Re: Council for German Orthography officially allows use of u+1E9E
After I posted that, I thought of Æ and Œ. Of course, they, like W, if considered as a ligature for V V, or the Dutch IJ, all do retain the full capital form of the joined letters. A ligature for SS …3 -
Re: Specific diacritic designs depending on language
I do remember seeing them illustrated in the document from which I learned of their existence. It was a book or paper on typography, and it may be available online. I will see if I can find it again…2 -
Re: Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?
This discussion has reminded me of an important difference between the kind of font one would order from ATF or Kelsey and a TrueType font file. If one wanted to typeset an entire book, a single 20-a…3 -
Re: "W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design"
Caledonia is a very popular typeface; one very tiny footnote to the career of W. A. Dwiggins that few people know is this: the symbols "dek" and "el", used for a while by the Duod…3
