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Re: Fraction Slash
The fraction slash should be diagonal, and is used in linear fractions, but it is possible to use OpenType Layout to provide stacked (nut) fractions (typically as a variant form, with the linear form…6 -
Re: Testing consecutive kerning pairs for consistency, Vs kerning single pairs alone
I always kern in the context of words, and my word lists typically ensure that pair combinations will reappear several times before I reach 'zz piazza'. It is important to see the same pair in multip…7 -
Re: Kris Sowersby's "Welcome to the Infill Font Foundry"
This seems very much a matter of perspective, and not necessarily of perspectives that are inflexible. It is entirely possible for two intelligent and thoughtful observers to look at the same typefac…12 -
Re: Maths glyphs in a non-maths font?
Nina, The vertical bar | is not primarily a math character. It is used for a variety of editorial purposes, e.g. to indicate verse breaks in transcriptions of poetry, and is generally expected to be …5 -
Re: Why does the horizontal stroke of the oldstyle 4 sit slightly above the baseline?
Essentially, is is about respecting the proportions of the numeral. Whenever you have a triangular shape, you have a strong dependency between height and width, which in the case of the 4 means allow…3
