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Re: Lining tnum in italic shape
Don’t assume that tabular numbers are only used in tables, or that tables do not include text. Consider, e.g. spreadsheets, which may contain combinations of text and numbers, in which it is likely, …1 -
Re: Looking for references of very heavy serifs with diagonal stress
I think you have understood a good principle: that the arrangement of where weight falls is more important to suggesting oblique stress than the rotation of the counter.2 -
Re: Renaissance Font Reproduction for Historical Music Notation Software
There are two separate things to consider here: 1. The musical notation system as a system, which includes vocal text when present; independent of a particular medium. 2. The way in which that notati…2 -
Re: What does the OpenType font "Open" mean?
In the mid-90s, the intermediate stage between TrueType—as it had been licensed from Apple by Microsoft and extended with some new tables (e.g. OS/2)—and OpenType was what Microsoft called TrueType O…8 -
Re: Angled quotesingle and quotedbl
Straight quotes originated on typewriters, where it meant a single key could be used for opening and closing quotes, minutes and seconds, and feet and inches. And that is still how most people type, …1
