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Re: Pros and Cons of free fonts
Apologies for getting long-winded here. @davelab6 First off, let's just use the terms "craftsmanship" and "popularity" because we seem to pretty much agree on what those mean. (I …10 -
Re: Pros and Cons of free fonts
@davelab6 "So I'm partial to using the usage statistics of the GWF fonts as a guide to quality." Seriously? If typeface X happens to be suddenly popular this year it means it is higher qual…4 -
Re: Pros and Cons of free fonts
I don't see a danger, Vern. I don't see anybody saying "there shouldn't be any single-face display families." I see a whole lot of us saying "GWF has zillions of single-face display fa…8 -
Re: Point Clean-up
I've found FontLab's FontAudit to be a very helpful tool in working with my intern. We discuss what gets flagged and how important it is. Note that FontLab prefs allow you to decide which of FontAudi…1 -
Re: En dash = width of n?
No, the author is wrong. For a long time, the en dash was a sort: it came from a standard set of extra bits that were shared across typefaces. It was half an em in width, a.k.a. half the current poin…1
