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Re: The Evolution of Font Weight Terminology: A Historical Question
A short essay I wrote about “book” weight, at Quora (before that site lost the plot).2 -
Re: Implementing OpenType calt or init with Latin script in 2024
You can use the “ignore” method in, for instance, the Contextual Alternates feature. This is how the Swash feature is used to make initial cap letters swash. ignore sub @capitals I'; sub I' by I.cros…2 -
Bolshoi logo, 1963
From the cover of Yuri Slonimsky’s history, published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1963. Is the decorative device a stylized Б for Bolshoi? The theory being that as there is no …1 -
Re: Serifed Schwa
While it’s true that local type designers can be gatekeepers who protect their native scripts from the depredations of foreign designers by advising “correct” forms, it does strike me as strange when…4 -
Re: What are the most-viewed fonts in the world?
“Viewing fonts” is quite different from reading typography. It’s only typographers and type drawers who view fonts! The “most read” typeface (Latin script) might still be Times, on account of all the…2
