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Re: Monotype buys Extensis
Which was exactly the reason why typesetting machine manufacturers made and licensed typefaces: to add value to the machines that were their primary source of revenue. My concern with this model is t…9 -
Re: The Problem with Text Rendering in Modern Software and Browsers
Word is an example of a long-lived program that has, at the same time, far outstripped its original functionality and also burdened itself with a massive amount of backwards compatibility commitments…2 -
Re: The Problem with Text Rendering in Modern Software and Browsers
Hi Nick. The Wordpress behaviours you describe are most likely in the CSS of whatever theme is being used, rather than being WP per se. You can edit the CSS if you don’t like the behaviour, or you ca…2 -
Re: Monotype buys Extensis
As I have said many times, the big type companies have been trying for years to resurrect the closed system of typesetting machinery in virtual, digital form. Adobe’s CS font subscription does this, …6 -
Re: The Problem with Text Rendering in Modern Software and Browsers
Most software uses font vertical metrics settings in the OS/2 or hhea tables to determine linespacing and distance from top of text frame, and most software offers users only fairly crude ways to cha…4
