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Re: You are slashing your way into the Papa New Guinean jungle...
Interestingly, a 1960 recounting by Zapf indicates that it was not designed as a text face, but that potential was realized after the fact:1 -
Re: Roman letters don't adhere to a nib angle do they?
I once wrote a pangram about someone having this exact realization: Things get even more interesting in italics, where often the lowercase z will venture a thin diagonal even when the longer slant in…2 -
Re: You are slashing your way into the Papa New Guinean jungle...
The primitivist trope of fearsome cannibals in Papua New Guinea is a terrible metaphor to hang these thoughts on (even with tongue in cheek). These savage stereotypes are a legacy of colonialism that…14 -
Re: Give me feedback on my online tool to fix microtypography
I should add that i appreciate both the idea and the execution here--even if perfection eludes us this is a potentially useful tool!2 -
Re: Give me feedback on my online tool to fix microtypography
Passed the "rock 'n' roll" test! (But consequently failed the "press the 'n' key for No" test.)2
