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Re: Family x-Height
In the two graphics shown by Mauro, the nominal/measured x-height differences for the italic are really a difference in overshoot, not so much a difference in x-height. It is an optical issue: those …9 -
Re: Thomas Phinney leaving FontLab
“enhance”!1 -
Re: Overbold: Ignoring Eric Gill's Advice
That last rightmost one is definitely better. The second omega, without the hollow in the implied loop, is working better, I think. This is quite a challenging style to do Greek for—good going! T4 -
Re: Naming, grouping conventions for large family
Originally from the usWeightClass in the OS/2 table of the TrueType specification, which was inherited by OpenType. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/os2#usweightclass Lat…2 -
Re: Naming, grouping conventions for large family
72 styles is a lot, indeed. I don’t think Adobe’s choice for Acumin was crazy; I just wonder if the particular problem I had with it was not one they thought of. It is entirely possible they consider…1
