John Savard

  • Re: Ukrainian її — preferred presentation?

    Changing the transliteration of foreign loan words for uniformity would be a legitimate change (at least those that had not become part of the language). However, included in the spelling reform of U…
  • Re: Ukrainian Ґ

    While there are no Russian-only letters, one other country is under sanctions for supporting the war against the Ukraine: Belarus. So, curious to see if there were any Belarusian-only letters, I look…
  • Re: Ukrainian Ґ

    I see not only that you are correct and I was mistaken, but that this letter has a complicated history. It was first used in the 16th century Peresopnytsia Gospel, and was codified as part of the Ukr…
  • Re: A Grand Romance

    Hmm. Both Granjon and Sabon are Garaldes, so the recommendation for a version of ATF Garamond has a chance of being of interest.In general, however, the type of question found in the initial post is …
  • Re: Origins of PT Serif

    To me, it resembles Chaparral by Carol Twombly, or FF Tisa, or Leo from Canada Type more than Gerald Unger's Swift, or Lucida Bright. Not to mention Alegreya.
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