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Re: Ascender & descenders in Latin type design
For traditional text faces, I use a simple rule: x-height + descender = cap height. Ascender height is basically stylistic, i.e. it can vary pretty freely depending on the style of type and the effec…6 -
Re: Trained to ignore license agreements
I also receive fairly regular queries from people asking whether they're allowed to use a font in a given way. And these are for fonts that I don't own, which were made as work-for-hire for Microsoft…1 -
Re: [OTVar] Defining instances in the font vs. defining instances in CSS
@"Rob McKaughan" I'm sorry, but general agreement is that Zeppo was the lightweight.6 -
Re: [OTVar] Introducing OpenType variable fonts
@"Denis Moyogo Jacquerye" Excellent question. I recall discussion of PANOSE during the working group meetings, but there's no change to the spec regarding them. I think this is an oversight…4 -
Re: Modification Briefs - Best practices
On the subject of interacting with the living, for the SBL fonts EULA, which explicitly permits modification, I included a clause stating that any modified fonts should be sent to me and I retained t…2
