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Re: Glyphs extensions for fonts containing basic western set
"Omega" is actually the Ohm Sign whereas uni03A9 is the uppercase greek letter. They will normally look the same, but one is a symbol and the other a greek letter. You should get a copy of …2 -
Re: How many glyphs sequence can an OpenType lookup/feature include?
The following document describes how text should be broken up into glyph runs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/typography/opentype/processing-part11 -
Re: Inspiration for Times New Roman
I'm pretty sure Times New Roman has its origins in the Phoenician inscriptions which ultimately gave rise to the Latin alphabet. And, of course, none of this would have been possible without a certai…4 -
Re: Chaining substitution (?)
It sounds like OpenOffice has a terrible interface for OpenType. If you want D’Onofrio in all small caps, you should enter it as 'D’Onofrio’ and then enter <:smcp+c2sc> (or whetever the correct…1 -
Re: Fontlab 5 - text in space glyph
Optimality Theory likely increased the sales of dingbat fonts. Between manicules, eight-balls, flowers, and bombs (not to mention whatever else might have been added), it definitely created a market …1