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Re: Coding: Deactivating ligatures in the superscript feature
I don’t know if it is still true, but long ago, the core text engine used by InDesign made some assumptions about kinds of layout needed for different OT features. That definitely included thinking …2 -
Re: Advice on 'j's
(3) does not fit the general look of the typeface. It is the sort of thing you see in radical geometric sans, not a classic grotesque like this. Both (1) and (2) are viable options. I prefer (2), as …2 -
Re: The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.
That “t” is wild!3 -
Re: Plex; IBM's new font identity model
Eh. It may be on purpose, but having the curve-to-straight joins look like somebody glued separate pieces together ... ouch. Yes, some people did that with compass and ruler back in the modern days, …1 -
Re: Book, Regular, Medium
Yes, Adobe’s apps that use their CoolType font library do that. (Some fonts can still display both Regular and Book in these apps—but only because they are “special cased” in the core library code!)1
