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Re: Plex; IBM's new font identity model
Chiat Day was Apple’s agency in 1984, and started out using a display cut of Goudy Old Style in Apple ads before switching to Apple Garamond in the same year. The effect was not hugely different, giv…3 -
Re: "Helvetica Now" - "Monotype redesigns Helvetica for the digital age"
Size-specific fonts—so very digital! BTW, both Europa Grotesk and Neue Haas Grotesk, which are of course Helveticas in all but name, already have that feature. The Neue Haas has an alternate /R too.4 -
Re: Superior and ordinal numbers
As per Frode, I’m not aware that such a thing as ordinal numbers exists. I put superior letters in the <ordn>feature, and, if a full alphabet, code them for English (just like Word!—but not as …2 -
Re: The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.
I have always understood that its purpose was to identify typography set in the typeface as exclusive royal property, a kind of copyright protection. So unauthorized use would be clearly visible (no …2 -
Re: Overbold: Ignoring Eric Gill's Advice
Oswald Cooper explored this area:1
