Nick Shinn · President

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  • Re: Private Label

    I wasn’t aware of that. It gives more credence to the use of “independent”. I take it this means that despite Virus’ bolshy stance it no longer qualifies as such, being distributed by Myfonts. So “pr…
  • Re: A new approach to spacing?

    More than once, I’ve had clients who commissioned a typeface and given feedback after they’d tested it in their workflow—in which “Optical” was the default. Such faith in algorithms, just push a butt…
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
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