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Re: (attempt at) a true reverse contrast Roman
Apparently Greek lowercase was originally done with a negative nib angle as well, and the Minion 3 update changes the Greek lowercase accordingly, preserving the original “Latinized” stress lowercase…1 -
Re: How to access alternates through CSS
If you’re running Firefox, you can use the Inspect function to edit any style on the page and, for example, point it to a renamed local copy of Ysabeau to test your hypothesis. In my example below I …1 -
Re: Why so many coding typefaces with large x-height?
Some programmers make use of every available weight. If you already have most of the glyphs in every existing weight, might as well sell them all.1 -
Re: improving rendering of icon font on low resolution screens
I seem to recall Verdana was itself designed “backwards” starting from bitmaps, then drawing the curves “around” the bitmaps so they would grid-fit more exactly when rendered. I’d be surprised if suc…1 -
Re: Why so many coding typefaces with large x-height?
The main other code-oriented features are easily distinguished glyphs like lowercase l versus capital I versus lining 1, and lowercase dotlessi versus oldstyle 1, etc. Some coders prefer dotted zero …2
