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Re: Do you always start over a new font from scratch?
For my original retail designs, I do usually start from scratch. However, I find that corporate clients who ask for custom designs generally want something that looks a lot like something else. In th…2 -
Re: Small Capital Figures?
My practice is to: 1. Omit figures from the <smcp> feature 2. Provide small-cap-lining figures in <c2sc> (both tab and proportional) 3. Where the font’s lining figures are 3/4 height, als…7 -
Re: Terms and Definitions - a Cheat Sheet - Help/Insight
Very good! I use a slightly different terminology in places, but one doesn’t have to be single-minded. The only error is in calling the lowest sharp point a vertex, which usually means the same as ap…1 -
Re: No art training; where to start?
I recommend attempting to make facsimiles of old letterpress documents with InDesign. In a magazine from the 1950s, identify the typeface used in the body copy of editorial or an ad. (McGrew’s Americ…2 -
Re: How to determine a perfect/test proofing word ?
But no diagonals, unfortunately.2
