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Re: Beyond the 4-style mode
FYI, I have seen some fonts in which ID6 is not derived from ID1+ID2, and so far as I am aware these work fine, e.g. Foobar Semibold ID1 = Foobar Semibold ID2 = Regular ID4 = Foobar Semibold ID6 = Fo…2 -
Re: What is the South American "satillo" in shape and use?
The thread title is misleading. The discussion is indeed about the saltillo (note spelling), so properly Mesoamerican, not South American.1 -
Re: Which form of the Cyrillic lowercase ghe with a stroke (uni0493) is preferable in the italics?
The cursive form with flatter bar is what I am most used to seeing (so like Gentium and Source Serif). The Tinos and Times versions look wrong to me: this is a barred letter, and their little slashes…4 -
Re: Is there any standard glyphsets for Indic languages
Conjunct lists require analysis of dictionaries and other proofread texts. There is a temptation, of course, to apply analysis to large online corpora, but in my experience this never works well beca…1 -
Re: Custom fonts that blend two existing typefaces — any other examples?
It’s possible to produce designs that differ in all sorts of ways — stroke modulation, construction, idiom — while retaining similar proportions and hence spacing/kerning. Also bear in mind that hist…6
