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Re: Book, Regular, Medium
Roman has at least four distinct, separate meanings in typography: - regular weight - upright instead of italic - derived from roman letterforms (e.g. Trajan) - Latin-based writing systems (at least,…2 -
Re: Free fonts marketing strategy
They can modify it and redistribute the modified version, but it has to be under the same license. That creates a major limitation on the ability of anyone to sell any modified OFL fonts at retail. …1 -
Re: Inks and Papers in the context of historical font revivals
Here’s a small part of a lengthy paper I once wrote, discussing the transition from cotton paper to wood pulp paper in the mid-1800s: “Amazingly, the printing press and the science of typecutting had…1 -
Re: Contemporary type designers in Chicago
I wouldn’t expect to qualify for this thing, but fwiw my family has Chicago roots. My parents met in Chicago. I was born in nearby South Bend, IN, because my dad had left Chicago to go to grad school…2 -
Re: Preferred outline type in 2019 for webfonts and browser compatibility?
Well, if you are doing variable fonts, TTF is currently very much the way to go. Otherwise, I don’t think it is a big deal. There are small advantages in each direction.... OTF/CFF/PS is often a litt…1
