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Re: IJ in a monowidth unicase typeface
They were common on Dutch typewriters, but fell out of use when computer keyboards were imported. A diphthong is a phonetic phenomenon, not a graphical one, and plenty of writing systems record dipht…1 -
Re: Optical correction in Arabic monoline
I don't think in terms of imaginary tools — and as established many years ago on Typophile, I believe type design has always been, at most, para-chirographic —, but I am interested in how the no…3 -
Re: principles for designing Greek "italics" (aka slanted Greek)
I would distinguish two forms of similar appearance, only one of which I would call 'two stroke'. A lot of the forms that Gerry shows, are based on the first ductus, which is continuous (cu…4 -
Re: DeltaMachine vs Font Remix Tools + Question about TypeRig.
They should work in FL7: the codebase and, I believe, scripting API are the same. That said, I've not had occasion to test them.2 -
Re: principles for designing Greek "italics" (aka slanted Greek)
Gerry Leonidas encouraged the ClearType Collection designers to make the rounded beta and the cursive theta the default forms for the italic styles in those families. This works fairly well (presumin…4
