John Hudson
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Re: Regular and italic with the same character widths
I tend to favour wide italics — unless specifically working in the style of renaissance types —, but would avoid committing to matching specific widths of roman letters unless doing a strict sloped r… (View Post)1 -
Re: Lithuanian I/i with ogonek in serif typeface
The general approach for all European use of the ogonek is to attach in such a way that the hook sits below the right side of the letter but does not extend beyond it. The easiest way to achieve good… (View Post)2 -
Re: Classifying Icone by Adrian Frutiger and Avance by Evert Bloemsma
Most typeface classification is art history in its most basic sense, and that doesn't imply that type design is Art in a romantic sense (any more than most of the things that humans have ever made an… (View Post)1 -
Re: Extinct Caslons?
Speaking of extinct Caslons, I see that Gerald Giampa's digital revival of Lanston's Caslon Oldstyle 337 is apparently still available from P22. Somewhere on an old drive I must still have copies of … (View Post)1 -
Re: Latin without Cross Sign and Arabic Without Dots
1. No. The crossbars of f and t are integral to these letters. Without them, f looks like ſ (long s, which sometimes has a spur on the left side, but sometimes is just thehook and stem), and t can be… (View Post)1