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Re: Macintosh OS 11 Big Sur: system typeface desaster and related issues
If 99%+ of users use the same system-provided UI fonts, apps will start depending on font features, characters, and metrics. I agree that ideally that would not be that case, but it’s just how devel…1 -
Re: A tool that lets you pirate all fonts on any website, instantly.
The main difference with font software as compared to other software applications is that the compiled file is still usable as a source file. I can open an OTF in my font editor of choice, make some …1 -
Re: Customized en dash in Calluna Sans
This difference in spacing arises from the fact that Calluna Sans does include whitespace on the left and right of the en dash glyph while Scala Sans does not: There is not a single convention: some …2 -
Re: Customized en dash in Calluna Sans
From https://www.fontspring.com/lic/exljbris/desktop: So modifying the font itself is prohibited by the license, but modifying graphical objects (such as stretching the en dash) is allowed. Or you co…3 -
Re: Type pricing and licensing: as a tool or material?
What I often observed was that clients do not want to manage fonts; they only want whatever product the designer is tasked to make. Instructing the client to license the fonts themselves from some w…5
