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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 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
Technically peanuts aren’t nuts, and tomatoes are fruit. However, tomatoes are generally considered vegetables because of their cultural (rather than biological) function, being used in savory dishes…2 -
Re: Reactions–Yea or Nay?
Good point David, which you so ably demonstrated by posting my comment above as off-topic (which I did pay attention to, belatedly—but only because of the nature of this thread!) A tangled web we wea…0 -
Re: Daggers — tall vs. superscript
The six historical reference marks (in order), which have been made obsolete by figures: * Asterisk † Dagger ‡ Double Dagger § Section || Parallel ¶ Paragraph (Pilcrow) Sometimes a double asterisk wa…1 -
Re: Type and The Star Chamber
It was standard practice that guilds would regulate and control their trades. Further regulation by rulers was a way to manage (i.e. censor) the publication of dissent, as were newspaper taxes. http:…1
