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Re: What is a newspaper typeface?
An Anglocentric view: The (Scotch) Modern is the archetype, as this was the body text style used by the first significantly mass-circulation newspapers in the UK in the mid 19th century, notably Lloy…6 -
Re: What is a newspaper typeface?
Indeed, short descenders are advisable for body text. Both because narrow columns of auto-justified text (and in newspapers body text is almost always justified) can easily create rivers and islands …2 -
Re: What's the use of a tangent point?
As far as I know, it’s not a requirement in PostScript fonts, just as aid to the design process. Although it would seem to indicate a smooth transition from straight to curved, that is not actually t…2 -
Re: Fontlab Studio 5 Beginner questions
I would also suggest this Preference: Glyph Window > Advanced Check ON “Edit/Delete command breaks contour —What this means is that if you drag a marquee around a BCP (or several) and delete, the …5 -
Re: Interesting OpenType Trick
That’s right Kent, MyFonts used to support {calt} in its preview field, but for some reason doesn’t any more, which really pisses me off as it is my main distributor and many of my recent designs fea…1
