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Re: How do you make a living as an independent type designer?
tiro.com is only a generic domain name for tyres or shooting—depending on language. That was my main point: ‘generic’ names are actually localised names.1 -
Re: How do you make a living as an independent type designer?
On the subject of invented vs generic names and short domains: I regularly receive inquiries about purchasing tiro.com, usually from European tyre companies, and occasionally from Iberian gun clubs. …3 -
Re: Bold small caps: necessity, abomination, or side effect of variability?
In manuscript, small(er) caps is one of the conventional styles that English writing masters introduced in the 18th Century. It is much less common than other innovations of the period, and notably i…6 -
Re: Font or Font Software
This is not the paper I remember—it is much too recent—, but is along similar lines: ‘An approach to why typography [sic] should by copyrightable’ [direct PDF download link]1 -
Re: Bold small caps: necessity, abomination, or side effect of variability?
It very much depends on the nature of the typeface and the uses for which it is intended. Igor says bold smallcaps are a necessity, but then goes on to describe kinds of typography in which this is s…1
