John Savard

Ah. This I had not realized. But the first thing I did after reading your post was to find out that it was not he, but rather Carol Twombly, to whom fell the thankless task of designing Adobe Caslon. (View Post)

It is indeed only natural that the science of perception might have something to say about the optical illusions that lead to the need for optical compensation in typeface design. This, though, while… (View Post)

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I remember back in the early days of computer laser printers noticing that "10 point Times Roman" was smaller on a laser printer than it used to be in hot metal. So, from m… (View Post)

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I'm not a lawyer, but I have heard the answer to this one. It's no. In the United States, it used to be possible to protect type designs with design patents, but that apparently does… (View Post)

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It is true that a PDF document doesn't behave like a Kindle document. As you note, the text doesn't flow. It is sort of like a digital equivalent of a paper document, intended to hav… (View Post)