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Re: Optical typography
I think you are just basically wrong about how the em box is treated. The em box is just a scaling unit: it defines what gets scaled to e.g. 10pt size or 12 px size in a given environment. The em box…3 -
Re: Correct forms of Arabic letters based on Heh
Yes, localised forms in Arabic script tend to get encoded as distinct characters, most often because their localised form relates to other characters that might be contrastive letters. It is a pragma…3 -
Re: Adobe's unlimited web license
We do not sell fonts (except when actually selling the IP): we sell licenses to use fonts. I know y’all know that, and that talking about buying and selling fonts is just shorthand, but the fact that…4 -
Re: Correct forms of Arabic letters based on Heh
So this is really a question about Unicode text encoding and shaping rather than about Arabic letters per se. The background here is that certain stylistic forms of Arabic letters are used as distinc…1 -
Re: Adobe's unlimited web license
There is a numbers game played between large, well-capitalised corporations that is at an order of magnitude above what most small foundries assume to be normal or typical pricing. This is an example…5
