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Re: Reactions–Yea or Nay?
Good point David, which you so ably demonstrated by posting my comment above as off-topic (which I did pay attention to, belatedly—but only because of the nature of this thread!) A tangled web we wea…0 -
Re: Daggers — tall vs. superscript
The six historical reference marks (in order), which have been made obsolete by figures: * Asterisk † Dagger ‡ Double Dagger § Section || Parallel ¶ Paragraph (Pilcrow) Sometimes a double asterisk wa…1 -
Re: Type and The Star Chamber
It was standard practice that guilds would regulate and control their trades. Further regulation by rulers was a way to manage (i.e. censor) the publication of dissent, as were newspaper taxes. http:…1 -
Re: aogonek with a steep ogonek
IMO one should consider the problem combinations—e.g. when it’s followed by a comma or j—rather than as an isolated glyph.1 -
Re: Is ubiquity of a typeface good or bad?
Ubiquity of the most popular fonts follows Zipf curve distribution. In other words, the most popular fonts are way more popular than the rest—it’s a power law, not a linear relationship. There are ma…1
