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Re: let's talk Greek kai symbol
Interesting observation, Nick. I was also thinking, reading George’s last message, that the ϗ feels a more natural construction when based on the traditional cursive κ (ϰ), and maybe this contributed…4 -
Re: Where should diacritics lie within vertical metrics?
Foundry type was hard; hot metal type was soft. Jean François shared this image from the Imprimerie national of a two-part, display size diacritic, tightly bound together: And Mathieu Triay provided …5 -
Re: let's talk Greek kai symbol
The Greek ampersand derives from the Byzantine ligature forms (uncial and then minuscule) of the word και. In monotonic Greek, this word carries no accent, but in polytonic it carries a varia: καὶ — …5 -
Re: Using Multiple Bitmaps to Interpolate in Size ?
Note that two of the four colour font formats included in the OpenType specification are bitmap formats, so you may get more satisfaction out of using those rather than the older TrueType embedding b…1 -
Re: Using Multiple Bitmaps to Interpolate in Size ?
It is possible to embed bitmaps in a TrueType font, but these may not get used in modern environments. To my knowledge, there is no way to ‘interpolate’ embedded bitmaps for intermediate sizes: for a…2
