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Re: type critic: "Wollner" a neo-grotesk (neo grotesque) sans-serif inspired by Alexandre Wollner
It is hard to make money in type, especially as a beginner. I don’t think you are wrong about that. There are lots of courses worth considering these days, including remote/online live ones (meeting …1 -
Re: Save type designer Hasan Abu Afash from Gaza
I am thrilled to hear this—as many others will be!3 -
Re: Forced discretionary ligatures
That is absolutely what it means. But the average non-native speaker does not know it—and the related word “discretion” has a second meaning, arguably more common, relating to secrecy, lack of public…2 -
Re: Authentic naive 17th century “grotesque” or postwar power tool disimprovement?
The main thing is, the original lettering would have had the “V” cut characteristic of chiseling. When traced over with some sort of power tool, it loses that and becomes just rounded. I assume one c…3 -
Re: Forced discretionary ligatures
Just to clarify: - there is a specific feature called “discretionary ligatures” (code: "dlig”) - when talking about OpenType feature code, “discretionary” is used to mean features that are off b…3
