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Re: How does Unicode work?
That sounds like discrimination against a minority ethnic group. The Unicode Consortium should, therefore, immediately inform ISO that it has two choices: expel the relevant national standards body, …0 -
Re: Palatino in book publishing
Indeed. Even the name of Aldus is wrong - Palatino, and Aldus, which is derived from it as its "book" version, are not (even) Aldines (although Hermann Zapf did note that Aldus' type did so…0 -
Re: The Beneventan Memory
Your article was interesting and educational.But a part of me feels a sneaking sympathy with any rude naysayer who might claim your efforts are a waste of time.Because I do feel the article does have…0 -
Re: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for?
To determine a relationship between characteristics of a typeface and its intended size, of course one needs a reference.Using a calligraphy textbook as a reference has the advantage that the paramet…0 -
Re: How would you redo Unicode?
I can't argue with that; it is indeed perfectly possible that a script can be complex and an attempt to reduce it to a manageable set of precomposed glyphs can have as its result a grossly inadequat…0
