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Re: Asking for free fonts on Type Drawers
Note that I have not argued in favour of refusing to help people find suitable free fonts. There are good reasons why someone might be looking for a free font, and reasons that preclude someone spend…1 -
Re: Adobe's unlimited web license
Tim, do you mind if I ask when you signed up to distribute fonts through Adobe? The impression I have from talking to people at various foundries is that the royalty rates offered have decreased sign…2 -
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
