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Re: Origins of PT Serif
AFAIK, there is no terribly direct ancestor for either PT Serif or PT Sans. Certainly there are typefaces with similarities, but both were conceived as new typefaces, not direct reworkings of anythin…2 -
Re: In need of some help understanding Adobe Illustrator's Optical Kerning Feature.
Yes, Adobe’s optical kerning is size-specific. To simplify slightly, one could say it includes tracking. It is… impractical to simply build optical kerning into the font, because optical kerning affe…3 -
Re: which is a better format to copy paste or import into font program?
What John said. Learn how to use your font editor for drawing. If you change over to drawing in a font editing program, you will initially be slower. BUT… 1) On average, it might take you something l…13 -
Re: John L. Renshaw (Spartan)
Renner designed Futura (or at least the initial design which was then tamed by Bauer typecutters). I thought Renshaw did Spartan. It is certainly derivative of Futura, so there is every reason to cre…1 -
Re: John L. Renshaw (Spartan)
I found his obituary which has a photo. Sorry he looks so dour!1
