Scott-Martin Kosofsky

Thomas, I think your argument is unproductive and unhelpful. Fiz’s question showed taste and discernment. As it is likely that his taste had been formed by his examination of printed books, my respon… (View Post)

Yesterday, I received an email from a “Sales Development Representative” at Monotype. He was writing to registered users of the now defunct FontExplorer X Pro to set up one-on-one appointments to dis… (View Post)

I had always associated this kind of unnecessary accenting with the byways of U.S. commerce. There was a Chrysler car in the 1970s called the “Volaré,” as if the name needed an acute accent to get th… (View Post)

Joyce, it was partly rhetorical, especially the question about (the nonexistent) court cases. I post something along these lines every time the topic comes up. What I’m railing against is bullying. O… (View Post)

I’d like to turn this question around: Is it ethical for a designer or publisher of a font to demand that a user not alter the font in any way? And what, exactly, constitutes an alteration? The “offe… (View Post)