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Re: Regular vs Book
In the digital era, Fontlab, for one, contributed to the confusion, by assigning the numerical value of 400 to all three of Book, Regular and Normal weights, in its Font Info dialogue. Therefore, if …2 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
Especially prior to the introduction of the “Retina” high-res screen, we tended to standardize x-height and overshoot by means of alignment zones. Similarly, stem widths were standardized (and still …1 -
Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
Of course, no prediction of the future can be “true”, but don’t you think that there is a strong likelihood that the warnings of Aza and Tristan about what could go wrong due to AI, will go wrong? Ha…3 -
Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
I won’t be using AI, for ethical reasons. This presentation from the Center for Human Technology explains why.3 -
Re: Checking legibility of glyph
How can one assess the merit of a glyph in isolation from the text in which it will appear? In my opinion, the lines to the left and right of the letter “a” that occupies the centre of @ are very imp…6
