Florian Hardwig · Typographer, editor, researcher, author

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• Re: Chess Diagram Characters

  Florian Hardwig

  October 2017
  Contemporary typefaces with well-designed chess symbols include Tabac by Suitcase (“The figures are precisely stylised using a combination of traditional Czech club and Staunton shapes. When turning …
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• Re: What is the current day difference between a typeface and a font?

  Florian Hardwig

  March 2018
  From Stephen’s Clear Definitions for Font Bureau:
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• Re: Has someone else done this?

  Florian Hardwig

  September 2018
  Minérale and Totentanz come to mind.
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• Re: Can fonts by Dieter Steffmann be sold with added glyphs?

  Florian Hardwig

  May 2018
  Solo may have made the first digitization, but the design is older, see Kaiser-Gotisch. Steffmann did little more than renaming Solo’s version. Helzel made another different digitization.
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• Re: Pet peeve: empty .notdef character.

  Florian Hardwig

  May 2018
  In any case, make sure that the glyph stands out, in terms of typographic color. A .notdef glyph that looks too much like a regular character is almost as bad as an empty one.
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