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Re: Separate language codes for different Englishes
In general, but in this case that is exactly what “Smart Quotes” attempts to do, so I see no reason not to try and bug-fix that, with a less fail-prone kludge, if such a thing is possible, which is w…0 -
Re: Brain Sees Words As Pictures
We have the empiricism of the marketplace: release a font and see if it becomes popular. Clearly, those which succeed are the most readable.1 -
Re: How big is the type design industry?
There is no such thing as a type design industry, just as there is no book writing industry, film directing industry, or automobile designing industry. The numbers being discussed here refer primaril…2 -
Re: The vinyl records of font formats
Vinyl is lossless. It is an analog medium that reproduces sound waves continuously, whereas digital media samples those waves, losing information in between the samples. A moot point at higher sampli…0 -
Re: The vinyl records of font formats
“Distort” is rather a loaded word. By the same token, one might say that the process of letterpress printing “distorts” the shape of type. The crucial thing is that concept, design and production be …0
