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Re: Florin sign (ƒ)
Unicode provides the encoding distinction between regular f and hooked ƒ, but with two big caveats: a) as discussed in this thread, the hooked ƒ is uniied with the florin sign, which may have stylist…1 -
Re: When did non-traditional cedillas appear?
One sees similar things in Turkey. I even saw one sign in Istanbul in which the cedilla was represented by a dot below the C. But this variety is very particular to local signage in a particular lang…1 -
Re: Finally decided to properly organize my fonts by category, and I'm having a bit of a hard time.
According to ‘a certain Chinese Encyclopedia’, The Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge, typefaces are divided into the following categories: * those used to typeset the words of the Emperor, *…7 -
Re: Language-specific considerations/best practices
Test words—as the phrase suggests—are useful for testing, but if one is trying to make a general purpose font, not targeting specific languages but able to cleanly display any language you throw at i…4 -
Re: Widespread misunderstanding of AdobeType's license causing foundries to loose revenue.
Joyce, I was responding directly to your statement I do think that is piracy. I might agree it doesn’t make you the ‘pirate’, but the activity is part of piracy; indeed, without such activity, piracy…3
