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Re: Mapping non-unicode fonts
For three of the Murty texts to date we've had to convert from a non-standard font encoding to Unicode text. One was pretty simple, but the two Devanagari ones were tricky. Subsitutions have to …2 -
Re: An HTML Hyperlink Typesetting Question
Although it's an unpopular position, I tend towards the double period. My reasoning is that if the abbreviated word occurred in the middle of a sentence, I would expect it to carry a comma or ot…1 -
Re: An HTML Hyperlink Typesetting Question
Question begging: how do you know that the sentence has closed? It's a reflective time for ACME Inc. CEO Wiley Coyote, a former roadrunner aficionado, now crippled by his many injuries and confi…4 -
Re: Which letters to design first to base others off of it?
For a Latin type design: i n l h m o I H O These establish key proportions and standard features such as terminals, arches, stroke modulation. Then either the distinctive letters — a c e g s — or the…3 -
Re: Why do we need two:
Some thoughts on source management with regard to diacritics: Start including the zero-width combining mark characters as glyphs in your fonts, and use these rather than the spacing accents in compos…1
