Short answer: No. Look at the function of Italics (and Bold, and other family variants) in deciding what kind of role Italic plays. Sometimes the Italic style is the only way that emphasis is likely … (View Post)
This one sentence has a lot to unpack. Slab serifs were regarded as freakish and abominable when it first appeared. Baskerville was feared as likely to hurt people. Innovations which we now see as fa… (View Post)
One piece that is compelling in this discussion: A collective: many foundries together would each need to spend much less on marketing, legal, etc. and the available profits could be more equitably d… (View Post)
Carl Crossgrove here, new to both lurking and posting on this forum. It’s been a while since I spent any time on any online forums that are moderated, and I forgot how calm and civilized they can be!… (View Post)