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Re: February 5–7 · TDC Non-Latin Workshop: Cyrillic
Of all the characters in the standard Cyrillic charset, my least favourite to design is №. Me: Here it is. Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please. Me: Okay, here is the revised version. Maxim: Make …6 -
Re: Dating Lettering on a Stone Carving
The earliest dated occurrence of 'Arabic' numerals in a European manuscript is in Spain in AD 976, but they didn't become widely used in Britain until the late 15th and early 16th Cent…2 -
Re: Automating PANOSE data
James: To clarify, PANOSE was never intended as something that graphic designers or other end-users would have to know or do anything about. It is intended to be consumed by software systems, which i…1 -
Re: Confused with diaeresis and acute in Latin vs Greek
Most people are so used to seeing that convention, they don't realise just how recent it is. The earliest systematic use of prescript breathing and accents on caps I've found is 19th Centur…2 -
Re: Final/intial features
Thomas, the problem with thinking about this in terms of 'working with western fonts too' is that the issue isn't with what scripts the features should work, but what it means for thes…2
