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Re: Garamont, Granjon, and the redesign of italics
A very good question, James. I can't claim to have any particular expertise in this, but I think it's quite clear that, while early Italian italics were imitative of contemporary writing masters, the…1 -
Re: The FJ vs. H lawsuit thread.
James M is quite right. NCAs are largely a form of abuse and intimidation when applied to low-pay workers--very much like the back of the hockey game ticket, or all the pharmaceutical disclaimers you…0 -
Re: Google Fonts: Your Questions, Answered
The aptness of the Kodak-Instagram comparison isn't really the point. (Unfortunately, I elided a sentence that questioned it.) Neither is the micropayment system. The salient point, I think, is Lanie…1 -
Re: Google Fonts: Your Questions, Answered
There's a very good op-ed by Joe Nocera in today's New York Times entitled "Will Digital Networks Ruin Us?" It concerns Jaron Lanier's book "Who Owns the Future." http://www.nytim…2 -
Re: Google Fonts: Your Questions, Answered
Patrick, What you are writing about is the here and now, without much view to the future. The making and selling of fonts is not significantly different from any other kind of publishing, a field I k…1
