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

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  • Re: I Love Typography Shop

    I suspect Nick is asking what percentage of sales ILT takes and how much the foundries get. Vig is often short for vigorish, which can means the house take on (usually illicit) gambling winnings, or …
  • Re: Anyone up for a Game of Hypotheticals?

    I much prefer my communication in the form of… clear communication. Wading through all this nonsense to get 10 words of actual content leaves me cranky, feeling like I have wasted my time. Yes, I lik…
  • Re: White on black

    As far as I am aware, this can be perfectly adequately explained by the physical properties of light and ink in the respective imaging models. I do not see any reason to assume some additional factor…
  • Re: White on black

    “They're arguing that type looks different white on black” The tone here makes it sound as if this is debatable or uncertain. It is a well-known and well-documented visual effect. And it isn’t s…
  • Re: Display Serif w/ tall letters

    Hmmm! I would have expected your overshoot of 1.5% to be enough or very nearly so. But then again, I haven’t done such a high-contrast face (at least, not with normal rounds). You're at 10 units…
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