John Hudson

  • Re: Metric and em size

    The em is the body height of the type that is scaled to the text size in applications. So, for example, if type is set to 10pt in an application, it is the em height of the font that equals 10 points…
  • Re: Variable fonts, axes values

    It seems to me we’re still talking about problems of interaction with design spaces, not problems of design spaces.
  • Re: Variable fonts, axes values

    Because the CSS weight range is defined as a number between 1 and 1000, so within the defined weight range of a given variable font as mapped to the CSS weight scale, any number is meaningful at the …
  • Re: Variable fonts, axes values

    Indeed. Thinking about this in terms of ‘user level’, analogous to zoom level in a map or in an image is useful. There are always going to be situations in which less data is more practically useful …
  • Re: Type design hot takes

    The full page reproductions in the Scholderer book include the background page, and collotype handles it very well. If the background is applied after the fact, then printing it in a spot colour is t…
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