Florian Hardwig · Typographer, editor, researcher, author

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• Re: Terms and Definitions - a Cheat Sheet - Help/Insight

  Florian Hardwig

  October 2022
  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…
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• Re: Terms and Definitions - a Cheat Sheet - Help/Insight

  Florian Hardwig

  October 2022
  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…
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• Re: Resources / specimens for Mongolian script typefaces?

  Florian Hardwig

  October 2022
  Have you been in touch with Jo De Baerdemaeker? He runs a research project titled Mongolian script: from metal type to digital font.
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• Re: Unusual Promotional Use of a Font

  Florian Hardwig

  October 2022
  Champions by Canada Type is a modification of two upright weights from their Davis Sans family (2016).
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• Re: Question about desktop license for Akzidenz-Grotesk BQ Medium

  Florian Hardwig

  August 2022
  Agreed. There are some differences when it comes to things like style range, language support, design of special characters, etc., but these should be inconsequential for the OP. Today I learned that…
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