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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 -
Re: Sunsetting Fonts.com etc.
Recently I had occasion to look up Garamond MT, bundled with Microsoft Office, on MyFonts, just to look at the glyphs and available weights. I can’t find it at all. Nor on fonts.com. I can find dozen…1
