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Re: Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols
A few thoughts from a book designer: I always prefer when the c in the copyright symbol sits on the baseline (as opposed to the circle sitting on the baseline) and I almost always need to manually ba…7 -
Re: The Number sign—now and then—across languages.
It may also be related to the word "hatch," as in "cross-hatching."1 -
Re: The Number sign—now and then—across languages.
Claudio, see the etymology website that I linked to above. See also the second entry here. One of the senses in the M-W definition for "hash" is "pound sign," and the first sense …2 -
Re: The Number sign—now and then—across languages.
A few notes: 1. The Shady Characters blog post linked above has been superseded by the chapter in Keith Houston's book Shady Characters, in which, if I recall correctly, he persuasively establis…8 -
Re: Æthelflæd
Perhaps Simon's friend wants to use the typeface for the playbill, not the libretto, and something got lost in translation? That would make this whole conversation make a little bit more sense. …2
