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Re: Do different languages have different tastes in type?
You really do need to have a local/indigenous type culture of at least one type foundry, to provide a local feel to typography. What you describe may be a problem, but it is also an opportunity. It&#…1 -
Re: Do different languages have different tastes in type?
Languages don’t care about typefaces. However, they do show some preference for diacritic style. Polish is adamant that its kreska is no ordinary acute—can’t you see it’s steeper? French likes its ce…1 -
Re: Need critique on sans serif Cyrillics
This is all very well, but is making the Cyrillic version conform to the bland norm in keeping with your typeface concept, as stated in the Latin? The path you are taking is a safe one for foreign de…1 -
Re: Petition: Adobe: Eliminate the mandatory "creative cloud" subscription model
This issue has some resonance for type foundries, now that we rent out web fonts. Our argument is that the Web is an entirely different medium than print, therefore businesses should pay again (and a…1 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
Then true italics, James, are in opposition to the faux italics of certain WP applications. “True” italics only makes sense in relation to classic old style faces. When Frutiger was revised with “tru…1
