-
Re: Council for German Orthography officially allows use of u+1E9E
Clearly the word “triumphant” was just meant to suggest the style, rather than suggest this is the particular style that has emerged victorious over all others. Hence why Christian was suggesting “he…1 -
Re: Why so many coding typefaces with large x-height?
I love oldstyle figures in general, but I suspect most people doing coding are going to want/expect lining figures. Even for me, in a coding context... I think I probably want lining figures, too.1 -
Re: Why so many coding typefaces with large x-height?
> ascenders and descenders are longer for more quickly identifiable "word shapes" This is descended from a popular myth about reading, which is mostly (though not entirely) untrue, as fa…2 -
Re: Sans
What John said about the uppercase G, I will say about the W/w (both cap and lowercase). Inner stroke angles so wide and outer so tight seems quite unusual to me. Not necessarily BAD, just unusual, m…2 -
Re: FontLab 7 workflow tips
Last time I worked with match masters, I found that FontLab was much better at matching masters if the outlines are well-constructed, particularly in not having excess points, and not too weird in te…1