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Re: The origins of letter-spaced justification
The line containing “difficulty” happens to not differ much between each version, but if it were as airy as one of the lower lines, that ffi ligature would have to be split apart.1 -
Re: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri
In Word and Outlook, you can get to not all, but many OpenType features in the Advanced tab of the Font dialog. (2010 shown here.) There is no such granularity in Excel or PowerPoint, for example, un…1 -
Re: What is the correct term for combining italic lowercase with upright roman caps?
The plot thickens further: the same exact italic shows up in the thumbnail cover preview of this 2015 book from Zwicky, again with Bembo roman going by the W, but when you click on the thumbnail, the…1 -
Re: Hoefler&Co sold to Monotype
Joyce, I’m not informed enough to wager on any particular outcome. If I were forced to wager, I’d ask what became of Linotype’s operation in Germany—how many people are left, is there still a physica…4 -
Re: My text face wish list
Earlier this year I bought the gorgeous new book A Grammar of Typography by Mark Argetsinger. I bought the standard hardcover, and I loved it so much on arrival that I ordered a second copy in the sl…7
