Given typical type size,
In reply to Long Text Sans Test -- Coming Soon! Help!!: Given typical type size, leading and margins for correspondence, and considering this in terms of number of words on a line, A4 seems to me a...
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In reply to Type Snobs: Nothing new in type snobbery. Type culture, and design culture in general, has long looked down its nose at "trade". For the longest time, book types have held the privileged...
View ArticleNever mind blackletter. The
In reply to Compacta is Todays Black Letter : Never mind blackletter. The catchphrase "x is the new y" falls apart when discussing things which aren't hot trends. "Compacta is the new..." only makes...
View ArticleI like the two column idea
In reply to Long Text Sans Test -- Coming Soon! Help!!: I like the two column idea for sure.
View ArticleGargoyle, you got some good
In reply to Spacing and kerning on non serif font - How?: Gargoyle, you got some good advice. But Typophile is a forum where opinions are discussed. The issue of how much automation or finishing is...
View ArticleThe thing is, if someone
In reply to Currency symbols: The thing is, if someone wanted to use the Baht symbol with Thai numerals, they'd use a different font (which supported Thai). My market would be people writing in Latin...
View ArticleBy the way: OpenType
In reply to Arrows using dlig feature: By the way: OpenType replacements and official unicode values don't rule each other out. If you set the correct Unicode values people can use glyph palettes and...
View ArticleIn which case, as long as you
In reply to Currency symbols: In which case, as long as you are not damaging your own commercial returns by procrastinating over whether or not to add support for (in general western usage) rarified...
View ArticleThai newspapers moved from
In reply to Currency symbols: Thai newspapers moved from Thai to Arabic numerals in the early eighties, and publishers followed suit. These days Thai numerals are seen only commonly on currency. I'd...
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I must be expressing myself
In reply to Turnip: a Bookman-like serif face with rounded outer shapes and squarish inner shapes: I must be expressing myself poorly, because I actually agree with almost everything you just wrote....
View Article> Can i get volt base file
In reply to • Dynamic Arabic,Jawi,Urdu+Kurdish Fonts for M$ Office, InDesignCS5 + CorelDrawX5: > Can i get volt base file …? Please contact Scict.ir > Plz elaborate nuqta adjustment and word...
View ArticleWho is "they"? Uhhh... yeah.
In reply to Turnip: a Bookman-like serif face with rounded outer shapes and squarish inner shapes: Who is "they"? Uhhh... yeah. :-) FB text specimens are carefully composed so that the justified text...
View Articleit must be Knewave Copyright
In reply to Classic 50's Movie Title Card Font: it must be Knewave Copyright (c) 2011 by Tyler Finck This is now part of Google Web Fonts and I found it using the 2nd (original) image. I think it's...
View Article? You're setting the same
In reply to Proportion: ? You're setting the same typeface (that does not have optical sizes) four times larger and then reducing it to a quarter its size, and expecting it to look different? That only...
View ArticleTelegrafico with an 1 from
In reply to sans serif like aviano sans: Telegrafico with an 1 from another sans serif?
View ArticleDB: I think "they" is me.
In reply to Turnip: a Bookman-like serif face with rounded outer shapes and squarish inner shapes: DB: I think "they" is me. :-) Hrant: The RE styles are quite different, but I don't remember...
View Articlevery close, but no digits in
In reply to sans serif like aviano sans: very close, but no digits in the font: Telegrafico by Salvo Nicolosi (free for personal use) PS: too late :)
View ArticleThat only makes sense for
In reply to Proportion: That only makes sense for metal fonts. You mean like this? ;-)
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