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Re: Fraction Slash
The fraction slash should be diagonal, and is used in linear fractions, but it is possible to use OpenType Layout to provide stacked (nut) fractions (typically as a variant form, with the linear form…6 -
Re: Kris Sowersby's "Welcome to the Infill Font Foundry"
Chris, as I said, it is a perspective, and these will vary. I may eventually finish that sans, because every once in a while I find myself in need of it in some way in which 'I made it myself' matter…1 -
Re: Kris Sowersby's "Welcome to the Infill Font Foundry"
This seems very much a matter of perspective, and not necessarily of perspectives that are inflexible. It is entirely possible for two intelligent and thoughtful observers to look at the same typefac…12 -
Re: Recommended Type Design and Typography Books
Kent, I'm pretty sure that I got Tschichold's statement right, but would need to go and track down the source. Tschichold's early modernist work involved a hands-on composition method in which the de…3 -
Re: Recommended Type Design and Typography Books
I think it is important to bear in mind the context in which Bringhurst's book was initially written, which was that period in the early 1990s when traditional typesetting houses and the accumulated …13
