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Re: Inks and Papers in the context of historical font revivals
Letter-cutter Richard Austin, in his type specimen, c.1810: [Harder metal, blacker ink, smoother paper (calendered, i.e. pressed)—informing the work of Baskerville somewhat earlier, as well as the th…1 -
Re: Documentation to include with fonts
I used to include a specimen PDF in the packages, but now those are downloadable separately from my distributors.1 -
Re: Combining marks advance width
I advise against making /i by combining dotlessi with dotaccent. Same thing for /j. I did that in a typeface, and discovered that there are some layout applications which don’t render it correctly (e…2 -
Re: Variable Fonts and Graphic Design
On the other hand, if one is to keep other variable parameters constant, while varying “greyscale density” at consistent typeface weight, character count, etc., then that would be a “grading” axis. G…1 -
Re: The M formula...
I’m not sure how much WAD’s theory has influenced me, but I have made the smaller optical sizes of typefaces more angular and chunky than the display cuts, as in Pratt Nova, above. (Put you smartphon…2
