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Re: The Current State of Variable Fonts (End of 2018)
Here are a couple of posts from two years ago that failed to predict the future: I failed to mention what should have been my lead point about MM: very few people cared about its intrinsically good q…3 -
Re: The Current State of Variable Fonts (End of 2018)
Thomas, I recall that Quark did, indeed, include a pull-down menu to access the Multiple Master “Font Creator.” It was available at least by 1994, perhaps in late 1993. I remember this because it was…2 -
Re: Elongation of Hebrew letters at the end of the row
Contradicting Ori Ben-Dor’s assertions that extended letters have no use in Modern Hebrew, a number of recent fonts made by prominent Israeli designers do, in fact, contain elongated letters. In addi…1 -
Re: Elongation of Hebrew letters at the end of the row
Hebrew does not permit hyphenation, so the only method of justifying lines nicely is through the use of elongated letterforms. Early typefounders always included several varieties. While there are no…8 -
Re: Paul Shaw needs your help
Thank you, James, for posting this. Paul’s injuries were severe and will require expensive surgeries that will—if they can be afforded—allow him to make a full recovery. I urge you all to post the st…2
