* I find f-ligatures distracting when I'm reading. I can see how useful they are but when I'm reading, they often trip me up and I prefer a natural fi or fl gap in most cases. On this, I could not di… (View Post)
As I understand, this is perfectly legal in the United States. I believe (and don't quote me) that it should be OK in the UK as well. Ethically speaking, in my opinion, there is nothing objectionable… (View Post)
It's right in the name: Mono-type! The plan is clear.In all seriousness, we are fast approaching a world in which Monotype controls the terms of the vast majority of commercial fonts (and with that t… (View Post)
I will point out that darkness was parametrized in Knuth's METAFONT. Different modes in MF produce blacker fonts for different printers (cf. the lexmarkr mode). But when BlueSky made their Type 1 fo… (View Post)
I presume the easiest way is to check out the font files yourself. It is true that some of the assumptions made by Knuth in METAFONT are somewhat silly. Still, I think he deserves some credit for de… (View Post)