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Re: Obscure Zapfiana: Zapf Chancery alternate glyphs never digitized
The irony is that the extras – alternates, ligatures, finals, osf – were digitized once, as part of a copy with the pseudonym Zack, by BigFont/FontBank. No idea whether that was legitimate – probably…2 -
Re: Terms and Definitions - a Cheat Sheet - Help/Insight
That’s certainly correct. I advocate the use of “numeral”. “Figure” has the downside of being ambiguous. Not only can it stand for both numeral and number. In the context of design and publishing, it…4 -
Re: Terms and Definitions - a Cheat Sheet - Help/Insight
I’d say that “terminal” and “finial” are synonyms – for where strokes are terminated or finished – with the former being more common. “Stroke ending” is another, plainer term. The captions suggest th…2 -
Re: Resources / specimens for Mongolian script typefaces?
Have you been in touch with Jo De Baerdemaeker? He runs a research project titled Mongolian script: from metal type to digital font.3 -
Re: Unusual Promotional Use of a Font
Champions by Canada Type is a modification of two upright weights from their Davis Sans family (2016).3
