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Re: Handles Near Inflection Node
I often put a short straight section in the middle of the S.The straights can be shorter than in this example (Pratt Nova), of course.6 -
Re: Latin without Cross Sign and Arabic Without Dots
Replace all crossroads with roundabouts.6 -
Re: IJ in a monowidth unicase typeface
The problem is i-j sequences such as in Beijing, for default ligatures , but it might work as discretionary <dlig>—if users aren’t tempted to apply it globally to a large chunk of text. But tha…3 -
Re: IJ in a monowidth unicase typeface
It’s enthralling for me as a type designer, like the capital Eszett, even though doing anything other than slapping together the glyphs for I and J makes zero business sense!2 -
Re: The selfless butterfly. Or: Using and avoiding ligatures.
Ligatures have remarkable staying power.Deference to tradition.They are “on” by default in the OpenType spec, and the classic /fi and /fl are part of the basic Mac encoding I’ve been working in since…1
