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  • Re: GFS Heraklit

    Very hard to pick holes, nice job!Minor points: I would try a little more demonstrative left-to-right downstrokes in several letters:alpha—the right side looks a little thin, and it could be more poi…
  • Re: Standard set of emoticons

    Good points about the emoticon use, Sérgio.So, there is no practical purpose in having a standard set of emoticons in a non-specialist typeface? Nonetheless, matching type style is possible for emoti…
  • Type Culture

    Professor Jamra’s Type Culture site: an academic resource.
  • Articles by Nick Shinn

    I’ve written for a variety of magazines, mostly about type. PDFs are at the Shinntype site.Some of it is timeless, while some of the earlier pieces are a bit out of date—but may be interesting as his…
  • Re: GFS Heraklit

    I think one has to work with set text, observing Latin and Greek, Roman and Italic, U&lc and Small Caps in the same gaze, in order to compare and balance the overall weight of each, and to mix ha…
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