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Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
Which Helvetica? The Linotype/Adobe digital version inherited unitised widths, which meant that its sidebearings were wildly inconsistent. It also used the PS Type 1 slant function to produce the ‘It…5 -
Re: Is it lawful for me to edit existing fonts?
The Open Font License does have a provision for a ‘reserved name’, but I think Google Fonts’ policy is not to require that and, as I recall, prefer to publish fonts that do not use the reserved name.…1 -
Re: Is it lawful for me to edit existing fonts?
Further to what James and Olexa said: Some font foundry licenses permit modifications to fonts, and some do not. There is no general rule, and since you may obtain and use fonts under multiple licens…2 -
Re: Projects Google Fonts ought to fund in 2023?
I don’t think RoyalT itself was cross-platform, and as I recall the first generation of Windows TrueType fonts were made on Macs (by four Monotype staff sent to work at Redmond). VTT was based on a p…3 -
Re: Programming font charset
You need to ask you client what kinds of programming they are doing, what the content of the programming is, and whether they are handling text strings within the code and, if so, in what natural lan…2
