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Re: [OTVar] Introducing OpenType variable fonts
I don’t approach interpolation in a systematic manner, I would have to change my method for variable fonts, and make the masters more consistent, and fewer of them. For instance, in Figgins Standard,…1 -
Re: Private Label
I wasn’t aware of that. It gives more credence to the use of “independent”. I take it this means that despite Virus’ bolshy stance it no longer qualifies as such, being distributed by Myfonts. So “pr…1 -
Re: A new approach to spacing?
More than once, I’ve had clients who commissioned a typeface and given feedback after they’d tested it in their workflow—in which “Optical” was the default. Such faith in algorithms, just push a butt…1 -
Re: What is a newspaper typeface?
An Anglocentric view: The (Scotch) Modern is the archetype, as this was the body text style used by the first significantly mass-circulation newspapers in the UK in the mid 19th century, notably Lloy…6 -
Re: What is a newspaper typeface?
Indeed, short descenders are advisable for body text. Both because narrow columns of auto-justified text (and in newspapers body text is almost always justified) can easily create rivers and islands …2
