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Re: Denser Segmented Alphanumeric Displays
The first thing you should do is try to make all stems even in weight. The thin diagonals and vertical centre stem are the biggest impediment to legibility, and are an aesthetic issue too. Why not tr…1 -
Re: History of Spurless Typefaces
Come on, get real. It doesn’t count if the m and n don’t have the feature, otherwise you might just as well include Gill Sans and Hobo, and then where would we be? Spurless is spur-less, not some-spu…4 -
Re: Techniques & Strategies for creating Italic glyphs
I do start by slanting a few Roman glyphs. But generally I build italics the same way I do the roman, Frankenstein mode. That’s to say, once I have a few basic glyph parts, I assemble new glyphs from…1 -
Re: Windows 8 doesn't like "Book" weight?
Yes, I have had problems with Panose weights. I have very little idea how it is supposed to work, does work, or is interpreted, but it appears that it does not distinguish between Regular and Book. *…2 -
Re: [OTVar] Introducing OpenType variable fonts
The feline analogy is not quite right. From the user’s perspective, Metafont, Multiple Master and OTVar all produce the same result—infinite adjustment along a design axis/axes—although by different …1
