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Re: What are 'true italics'?
I almost agree. Italics are, indeed, slanted letters. So mechanically obliqued Roman is a kind of italic, even if it is not considered to be the best kind. Since, though, traditionally, most italics…1 -
Re: Does that “y” exist?
Clearly I'm no professional type designer. The only thing I could see (apparently) wrong with the typeface sample that began this thread was that the capital Y should have had a shallower V-part…2 -
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
