It depends. Times New Roman Regular or Bold? These are two different typefaces united under the same name. The models that inspire the Regular are from the 17th century, those of the Bold from the 18… (View Post)
Truly, after having tasted Adobe, I prefer le goût de Kent. ;) All joking aside, it's a good argument for your demonstration: with some exceptions, the kerning of the apostrophe should be treated the… (View Post)
Hi Kent, Slimbach isn't overly fussy. It's just that Adobe love too much the tightness in their fonts. Minion Pro is unusable in French with the kerning provided by the fonts (and in Italian too, I p… (View Post)
No, I wasn't joking. The remaining of the quote: Of course, all this is very old, but I don't see the reason to name a font "Something Semi-Bold" when it's Postscript name will be "Som… (View Post)
I tend to agree. But English and French (and Italian, to a lesser extend) don't have the same use of the apostrophe. French uses apostrophes extensively, and the kerning of the apostrophe in Minion … (View Post)