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Re: Berthold bullies competing font producers – report here when you’re hit by them
I think for MyFonts, this is just a business decision. I expect they look at Popelka, consider the amount of money they are ever likely to make from it — it's an interesting design of obvious usefuln…10 -
Re: Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?
I don't think it's about respect for standards per se, but about figuring how to make things that are useful, and where standards fit into that. This is why it is important to understand what a stand…4 -
Re: Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?
Following anything blindly will eventually end in walking into a wall or off a cliff; however... Standards are what enable people to make choices with predictable outcomes, and a flexible standard — …3 -
Re: Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?
The way to think of this is as follows: 1. The standard case mapping of ß is SS. Therefore, it follows that correct smallcap representation of ß is a sequence of two /s.smcp/ glyphs. 2. The alternati…4 -
Re: Berthold bullies competing font producers – report here when you’re hit by them
Jokes aside, trademark protection suits centre on potential confusion in the marketplace, so only involve trade names of the same or related kinds of products or services, or companies in related bus…2