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Re: Alternate Helvetica /a?
If you can’t identify it as being a particular font named “Helvetica,” it should not be called Helvetica; it is an unidentified neo-grotesque. Over the years, many foundries have published neo-grotes…2 -
Re: OpenType Features documentation
Thanks John. The rlig feature is also useful for the “pseudo-random” effect, because Adobe apps disable calt and liga when tracking exceeds a relatively small amount, but rlig will preserve the alter…4 -
Re: OpenType Features documentation
You might put use <rlig> instead of <calt>. No documentation required.2 -
Re: D.B. Updike’s Printing Types online
I should add that Updike considered himself a “liberal conservative, or a conservative liberal,” and was not against contemporary experimentation—at the Bauhaus for instance, that he eruditely addres…2 -
Re: D.B. Updike’s Printing Types online
Notable for its omission of the sans serif genre. He was a bit of a snob, and considered the sans infra dig, much too “trade.” He also disliked fat face, condensed, expanded, hairline and blackletter…8
