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Re: Asking for free fonts on Type Drawers
I think we need to be clear that there are different kinds of free fonts, and different reasons for asking for them, as well as different levels of knowledge. I agree with Nick that, specifically, as…6 -
Re: Austrian Hat Liner and Hat Paper Label, Possibly Late 19th Century?
I couldn’t say any of the lettering points definitely to the late 19th Century: without comparing to that used in other J. Hückel’s Söhne liners and labels, it isn’t possible to narrow in on a specif…1 -
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
