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Re: Unimplement[ed,able] spots in the OpenType spec
Don’t forget ‘size’. Probably the most batshit conceptual feature.1 -
Re: A new character?
Precomposed diacritic characters were encoded in Unicode simply for one-to-one compatibility mappings with pre-existing 7- and 8-bit encoding standards. Where no such standards existed, there is zero…4 -
Re: Type design hot takes
Nailed it, Dave. :D1 -
Re: Artificial Intelligence generated letters
The combination of improvements in AI learning and image processing is impressive, but fundamentally it is remixing of images that already exist and that the AI has learned to associate with text cue…11 -
Re: Can you help me with my super picky typeface search?
Looser spacing is better for legibility in running text. A lot of sans serif types were originally designed for larger sizes—notably, Frutiger was designed for airport signage—, and when digitised we…2
