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Re: How to determine a perfect/test proofing word ?
For capitals I like MASSIVE ATTACK, HEMINGWAY, and LAWYERS. The premise being that if you get the hard stuff right first, the rest falls into place.1 -
Re: How to determine a perfect/test proofing word ?
What is the score for Hamburgefonts? It lacks, of course, diagonals—an example of what Alastair Johnston called “prime rib” in Alphabets to Order, omitting the bothersome, nasty, spiky characters in …1 -
Re: Precomposed fractions — waste of time and space?
I have included a basic repertoire of Unicoded, precomposed, nut (stacked) fractions in several fonts, activated by the <frac> feature. Above: Dair. Left: osf + nut, Centre: lining + “slash vir…1 -
Re: Does anyone know who invented ink traps, or what year they were first used
The purpose of the “traps” is arguably not for ink. Bear in mind that trapping is the process by which areas of ink that abut in a layout are minutely oversized, in order for them to overlap in print…5 -
Re: Ultramodernity & Hypermodernity in Typeface Design
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