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Re: Q: "Moderately modern, but not futurist, book jacket design by Morrison"?
Indeed, he was adopting a style of design he felt was appropriate to the content. It does look a bit forced, and it’s hard to know whether there is an element of parody or not, as few British or Amer…2 -
Re: Special dash things: softhyphen, horizontalbar
Soft Hyphen = Discretionary Hyphen. In InDesign: <Type> <Insert Special Character> <Hyphens> <Discretionary Hyphen> When you insert it in a word, it looks like nothing happens…2 -
Re: the OpenType features UI questionnaire /Q2
I was really disappointed when MyFonts stopped showing the Contextual Alternates feature in its type tester. MyFonts is my main distributor, and I had invested a lot of time in developing typefaces w…3 -
Re: MyFonts and families
I’m not quite so pessimistic. Having worked as an art director with some appreciation for type, I would often find it very difficult to find the typeface that was just right for a job. And that is wh…8 -
Re: Which OpenType feature could I use instead of contextual alternates?
Perhaps two versions of the font? That would be like having a separate “Expert” font for small caps rather than including them as a feature.1
