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Re: Type design hot takes
* 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…2 -
Re: Ethics and legality of tracing handwriting
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…2 -
Re: Hoefler&Co sold to Monotype
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…2 -
Re: Knuth Scotch
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…1 -
Re: Knuth Scotch
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…1
