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Re: TypeDrawers diversity postmortem postmortem
Cantankerous is an epithet oft applied to old folks, but they also say that one mellows with age. Go figure. I had a lot of nasty bantering with Hrant Papazian on Typophile, but we are quite friendly…3 -
Re: Typewriter typeface vs monospace typeface
María Ramos said: This applies to all new type technologies. Should we also term all grunge and deconstructed styles as “desktop” typefaces? It’s interesting just how many of the MOMA acquisitions ad…0 -
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: Sloping math symbols in italic faces, is it normal?
I’ve always italicized them in italic fonts. They look silly otherwise in text that is predominantly italic. Now that math symbols are included in basic encoding, there’s no need to have them indepen…7 -
Re: Shape Of Cedilla
I always use the traditional shape, probably because it is quite interesting to make, but not too difficult. I mean, let’s face it, adding accents to a font is incredibly tedious.2
