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Re: Terms and Definitions - a Cheat Sheet - Help/Insight
Very good! I use a slightly different terminology in places, but one doesn’t have to be single-minded. The only error is in calling the lowest sharp point a vertex, which usually means the same as ap…1 -
Re: Projects Google Fonts ought to fund in 2023?
Thanks John, I wasn’t aware of that. I don’t know about the Cyrillic, but the Latin connected doesn’t match the plain version very well, it’s too bouncy, not neat enough. There is certainly design sp…0 -
Re: lcaron and dcaron
I would suggest plenty of sidebearing, so that in a word like Veľká, the accent looks closer to its letter than the next. For the same reason, be wary of kerning with x-height letters, in words such …5 -
Re: Designing slash glyphs in heavy weights
Don’t rely on theory, precedent, and “general” practice. Experiment with sample settings in the relevant languages, and see how different options affect the “colour” (smoothness) of text in your desi…6 -
Re: Legible type design literature/scolars
My scholarly 10¢: There are no ‘optimal’ letter shapes, any more than there are optimal notes or optimal instruments in music. It’s how the elements are put together that’s critical, and this is a ma…3
