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Re: Superior and ordinal numbers
Yes, this can occur in apparatus critici of scholarly editions. This example is from the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. I always design all my superscript (and subscript) on the assumption that they…1 -
Re: Plex; IBM's new font identity model
I don't think this makes any more sense as a general or universal rule than Hrant's insistence that giving away a branding typeface necessarily undermines its branding power. There are diff…7 -
Re: Overbold: Ignoring Eric Gill's Advice
Gill's 'overbold' illustration seems to me deliberately freakish, employing forms and techniques that don't follow from the models of extreme heavy types that were developed in th…2 -
Re: Font production frustrations and solutions
Industry font specs. I work through with my clients what their needs are and how to achieve these while retaining spec-compatibility. Of course, this presume that spec exist, which is not the case fo…1 -
Re: Font production frustrations and solutions
Something I learned a long time ago is to make fonts to spec, and not according to what works in a particular application. I know that's a difficult position for a lot of font makers who are lic…17
