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Re: Bold small caps: necessity, abomination, or side effect of variability?
In manuscript, small(er) caps is one of the conventional styles that English writing masters introduced in the 18th Century. It is much less common than other innovations of the period, and notably i…6 -
Re: Font or Font Software
This is not the paper I remember—it is much too recent—, but is along similar lines: ‘An approach to why typography [sic] should by copyrightable’ [direct PDF download link]1 -
Re: Bold small caps: necessity, abomination, or side effect of variability?
It very much depends on the nature of the typeface and the uses for which it is intended. Igor says bold smallcaps are a necessity, but then goes on to describe kinds of typography in which this is s…1 -
Re: How do you make a living as an independent type designer?
I was about to start typing a response, but thanks to Craig’s intervention I don’t need to because it would be almost word-for-word what I wrote in that other thread. The only thing I would add is a …6 -
Re: ChatGPT 4o has much better type design and typography output
That’s pretty similar to what I envision, Ray. Text still exists as content, but the technology used to render the text changes. Or may change... Fonts are robust and efficient. I think AI generated …2
