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Re: How extreme do you make your light and bold masters
I use the same method as Max. The beauty of extrapolating between Hairline and Regular is that one gets a degree of precise subtlety in the Extra Light and Light weights that is very hard to attain b…4 -
Re: History of ball terminals in serif typefaces
The ball terminal is associated with the pointed nib because that tool is adept at making any shape, by “filling in”, and also by putting a height of ink—a blob, even—on the page when pressed down fi…5 -
Re: History of ball terminals in serif typefaces
Conceptually, contrast the uniformity of serifed type detail that exists in the oldstyle—informed by the principle of constraint exercised by a broad nib pen held at a consistent angle; with the vari…1 -
Absence of Standard Stem Hints causes fuzzy inline (InDesign, Mac Screen, otf format)
Left: no Standard Stem Hints. Right Standard Stem Hints. As this is for a layered typeface, I thought it made sense to remove all hinting (as many of the layer fonts have different dimensions). Howev…1 -
Re: Are Bézier with only one handle bad ?
Morissey’s lyric may also be interpreted as a lament for the passing of the vinyl record, which he associates with the music of his youth—it was written around the time CD sales surpassed vinyl. A ru…4
