Thomas Phinney · Font-related forensics, type design, font production, general typography expertise.

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  • Re: PUA Overcrowding

    “the lower PUA is essentially the dreaded code-page scenario”: Yes, quite. Except for specialized bits of stuff, where any single user is unlikely to have a major conflict at any time. “apps can migr…
  • Re: PUA Overcrowding

    Yeah, I missed answering this properly. So, I agree 100% with Khaled, he has it right. For those who don’t know all the lingo, I am going to restate what he said" The “BMP” is the Basic Multi-l…
  • Re: PUA Overcrowding

    In normal apps, the encodings stay the same, and you get whatever glyphs the font has at those codepoints.
  • Re: Baguettes ... early days

    Well, the spacing improved significantly from your first showing to the second one, so you shouldn’t feel discouraged! I did a video a while back on how to space a font. You might find it useful, reg…
  • Re: Change to real names policy.

    If somebody wants to use their foundry name, why not let them use it in conjunction with their real name? Then they get the “branding” (and helpful association), while still doing the Real Names™ thi…
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