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Re: License for fonts that come with the operating system
Typically, the license for bundled fonts in operating systems is pretty liberal, so long as the fonts are not decompiled or redistributed: users with legit licenses to the operating system are allowe…2 -
Re: Types of points
Tangent, curve, and corner points can be simplified to smooth and non-smooth, which is how many font tools handle them. A tangent point is a smooth connection between a straight line and a curve segm…1 -
Re: Typeface Design Brief Document
I would never ask a client [8]. The last thing I want is clients telling me what existing typefaces they want their new typeface to look like. A lot of the discussion I have with clients proceeds fro…6 -
Re: Vertical positioning: matching glyphs vs CCP measured alignment
But how OT is designed to work (which is why GPOS lookups can have resolution-specific adjustment deltas to bump the bitmaps, although I have only seen them in a font once in 20+ years). I think this…2 -
Re: Crushed by the Font Industry (Please Read)
I wasn’t going to comment in this thread, because I didn’t think I had anything very helpful to contribute that might be useful for Cindy, and others with more experience of the retail market and ven…16
