Frode Helland

In classifying/sorting typefaces, I find it helpful to imagine the letters without detailing and contrast – as a skeletal structure. I would also advocate a tag-based classification if you want somet… (View Post)

> For example, why the columns lean inwards and taper off, and why they have a thing called an entasis at a certain point in their shaft. It is my understanding that the tapering is done to give t… (View Post)

Technically speaking marketing name and font menu name does not need to be the same. You can attached a foundry pre/suffix and avoid data conflicts. (View Post)

Because of the diagonals, the space above the crossbar is very tiny and the space below very large. Allowing these to diverge establish a different pattern/logic from most other characters. There are… (View Post)

There are some examples of wikis out there already. https://www.scriptsource.org/ and http://diacritics.typo.cz/ comes to mind. Maybe first one should try and identify why these are not serving our p… (View Post)