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Re: Optical distortion when wearing glasses
When designing, I use flipping and flopping a lot, and 90 degree rotation. This reveals one’s eye’s prejudices. But it is impossible to escape the subjective nature of vision. Most notably, I suspect…2 -
Re: Typewriter typeface vs monospace typeface
Strictly speaking, only those typefaces which were used by real typewriters may be considered “typewriter typefaces”. Anything else, especially proportional, is merely faux, pseudo- or allusive. Afte…1 -
Re: February 5–7 · TDC Non-Latin Workshop: Cyrillic
I attended one, it was invaluable.1 -
Re: Typewriter typeface vs monospace typeface
Being monospaced is only one of the qualities that may qualify a typeface as “typewriter”. American Typewriter has shown that this is not even essential to the category. With its serifed /I, /i, /j a…4 -
Re: Automating PANOSE data
I stopped giving my fonts Panose values when I discovered that there are some layout applications which use those values, over-riding other font data and creating conflicts. I can’t remember any of t…6
