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Re: On the use of blind texts
While working on his JAF Bernini, Tim Ahrens used the current version as the standard font in his browser, overruling the default fonts via custom CSS. This struck me as very practical and clever. Af…3 -
Re: What is your standard Latin character set?
Also keep in mind that Vietnamese is not restricted to Vietnam (This goes for all languages, to various degrees.) According to this source based on the US Census, there were almost 1.5 million Vietna…10 -
Re: Typeface Name Check
While the primary purpose of Fonts In Use is to show use examples, it also has a vast and growing database of typefaces, including pre-digital ones and such that have no uses attached to them yet. I …4 -
Re: Typeface Name Check
If you want to expand your search to historic typefaces that are not offered in digital form yet (or anymore), you could search the typeface designer/foundry pdfs compiled by Hans Reichardt for the K…4 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
I guess some of the dissent has to do with terms losing accuracy in translation. Apparently, italic is not the same as cursive to Michael. In the Netherlands however – where Roman vs Italic is taught…1
