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Re: Font Book validation error explanations
AFAIK Apple keeps the developers and Font Book validation criteria secret. They’re real assholes about it.1 -
Why are inflections bad?
Why are inflections on curves bad? I remember learning not to have inflections back when I was learning to draw type, and both Fontlab’s FontAudit and Jens Kutilek’s Red Arrows highlight them as a pr…3 -
Re: A reprint edition of Dutch Type is in preparation and you can now preorder it!
It’s good of Jan to do a reprint. This is a valuable work for the armchair historians.2 -
Re: Panose: is there a purpose for it nowadays?
I have never met a graphic designer who has even heard of PANOSE (or at least never mentioned it). Nor has anyone ever complained to me about not having PANOSE values in my fonts.6 -
Re: Pet peeve: empty .notdef character.
I always use the box-with-an-x-inside design. It sees to be the most common design, so I assume that it is what people expect to see when proofing.3
