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  • Re: Graphology

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    Graphology is not a science. If you choose to believe in astrology or graphology or the like that is up to you. Just be aware that attempts to validate graphology have consistently failed, over and o…

  • Re: Naming font modifications

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    @"Simon Cozens" I think the problem with your proposal is that everyone would be independently renaming their old and/or new version of the same fonts, so the multiplicity of names would be…

  • Re: "Expert" fonts

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    With regards to (2), that's easily done with Python scripting in FontLab—or any of the major font editing apps.

  • Re: Units per em

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    It originally had a larger UPM, I think 1000, and set much smaller, in OS X 10.0. It has been sized relative to the caps, including swashy ones, and thus had a tiny x-height compared to other fonts a…

  • Re: Units per em

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    The assumption is that fonts with PostScript outlines (Type 1 or OpenType CFF/.otf) will have a 1000-unit em, and fonts with TrueType outlines, a 2048-unit em. What is considered “standard” is depen…
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