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Re: What does the OpenType font "Open" mean?
What is funny is that of course it was originally still proprietary in the sense of privately controlled (not by an open consortium) by Microsoft and (as an arguably slightly junior partner) Adobe. O…6 -
Re: What is the proper name to give to each Weight? — TyMS WEIGHTS (#TW) THESIS.
First, I agree that the number could be more useful than words in terms of distinguishing members of a large family. That said... 1) The weightclass numbers are familiar to web designers and type de…3 -
Re: Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces
The 1912 ATF specimen book has a 30 point X. Like the 18 point version you show, it fails to compensate for the optical illusion that the thin diagonal crossing over is offset inwards. Drop me an ema…1 -
Re: Adobe announces end of support for “PostScript” Type 1 fonts
As I said in the original post, Adobe is not ending support in Acrobat, Acrobat Reader and Adobe Sign. And I just remembered a blog post I made on behalf of Adobe in 2005, talking about phasing out T…5 -
Re: Oldstyle numbers by default?
If you want the oldstyle numerals to be the default, the suggestion from C & C is the way to do it. You can still have every feature do the same things they do today — and you should still includ…1
