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Re: A Fun Find: Early Greek Didot (1790)
I don’t think it’s a problem, the constraints of hand movement and tool are common. In this example by Marcus Musurus (Burney MS 96, f 144r), there is not much stroke width contrast, but from what th…2 -
Re: Definition of penmanship
“Penmanship” had practical, educational and commercial overtones. It was a skill required not just in higher education, but in a lot of office jobs—secretary, clerk, bookkeeper, etc.—before typewrite…8 -
Re: Plex; IBM's new font identity model
Chiat Day was Apple’s agency in 1984, and started out using a display cut of Goudy Old Style in Apple ads before switching to Apple Garamond in the same year. The effect was not hugely different, giv…3 -
Re: "Helvetica Now" - "Monotype redesigns Helvetica for the digital age"
Size-specific fonts—so very digital! BTW, both Europa Grotesk and Neue Haas Grotesk, which are of course Helveticas in all but name, already have that feature. The Neue Haas has an alternate /R too.4 -
Re: Superior and ordinal numbers
As per Frode, I’m not aware that such a thing as ordinal numbers exists. I put superior letters in the <ordn>feature, and, if a full alphabet, code them for English (just like Word!—but not as …2
