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Re: Overload by typefaces
The Gutenberg Bible (42 lines) uses a Textura with 290 type variants. @@"Simon Cozens" used a reconstructed bible-font (crafted by kps-fonts) for a showcase of context sensitive rendering.1 -
Re: Why are italics lighter than their upright counterparts?
Whatever the type designer wants to do, Italic should stand out if mixed with Regular, or it can't be used. IMHO in this example of a "Swiss" monoline it's hard to recognise for fast reader…1 -
Re: What non-English ligatures are there?
If someone likes to use Fraktur, he should stick to the old traditions. IMHO Fraktur is hard to read fast. But it has some place in advertisements, beer labels and signs of pubs. Unifraktur Maguntia…2 -
Re: A directory of type foundry catalogs available online
uni-rostock.de reacted quickly and repaired the download problem. The specimen Proben der Schriften in der Breitkopfischen Schriftgießerey zu Leipzig[Leipzig]: [Breitkopf], 1787http://purl.uni-rostoc…1 -
Re: Unicase germandbls
IMHO it's easy: If you map the codepoints of lowercase and uppercase letters to the same glyph in your font, then also map U+00DF LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S (Lowercase_Letter) and U+1E9E LATIN CAPIT…2
