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Re: The Future of Font Naming: is it still unethical to use the same font name?
I recall Dave Farey telling me that Sumner Stone called his typeface Arepo because a lawyer advised him against Opera.2 -
Re: The Future of Font Naming: is it still unethical to use the same font name?
John? :) I think there was a trademark issue. For a company like Microsoft, they want to avoid any software related name or term used by someone else. So when they do a trademark search on a proposed…4 -
Re: Two Discretionary Ligatures for the Same Letter Combo
A ligature substitution in OpenType Layout is a GSUB LookupType 4 (many-to-one). An alternate substitution is a GSUB LookupType 3 (one-to-one-of-many). So, no, you can't have alternate substitut…4 -
Re: The Future of Font Naming: is it still unethical to use the same font name?
I wish that were the case here, Mark. My first impulse is almost always the best one when it comes to naming, and then my inspiration declines with each subsequent unusable name. The worst was naming…3 -
Re: The Future of Font Naming: is it still unethical to use the same font name?
1. Come up with great name for typeface. 2. Find that it's already used by some poor quality free font for which the name makes no sense. 3. Go away and release typeface under less good name. 4.…3
