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Wiki - Ken Messenger - 9 Feb 2012 - 12:32pm - 0 comments

New Letterhead Fonts antipiracy font lockdown scheme

... to outlines in PDFs look quite cruddy except at very large point sizes. I don't know what the default setting is these days, but I ... fonts to outlines for PDFs "may add a bit to the file size, the end result is visually the same as if you had embedded the fonts," ...

Forum topic - zebrasystem - 8 Jan 2007 - 5:52pm - 245 comments - 0 attachments

Miso

... on spacing yet.) Thanks! Attachment Size miso-v01.pdf 175.83 KB It is most ... when I wrote the above and my brain just wasn't awake. My point was, the "pen & ink detail" may not be accurate but it is suggestive, ...

Forum topic - mårten - 9 Jan 2006 - 12:40pm - 29 comments - 1 attachment

Jackie T Logo Design

... this better. Thanks! Rodrigo Attachment Size jackie.jpg 131.41 KB What kind of ... Hey guys, thanks, I just saw the new posts and I see the point on all your comments. Right on. I was sort of unsure about the super ...

Forum topic - rosaiani - 2 Apr 2007 - 7:37am - 40 comments - 1 attachment

Sloped roman and italic in the same family

... binocular, etc. First of all, it has to look nice. But the point is that it doesn't have to be cursive to look nice. If you look at ... & 36 [The Typophiles: New York, 1960.] The trim size is 4.5 x 7". The text is set in Electra, 10 / 12 x 19p6, 32 lines ...

Forum topic - Chris Rugen - 2 Apr 2004 - 1:10pm - 54 comments - 0 attachments

Spiro 0.01 release

... the design looks like." I think this is an excellent point. It ought to be discussed more often generally. It's hard enough to get ... find a 'sweet' curve, and to see how it works at intended size. What would be great is if you get to 'sweet' quicker or more naturally ...

Forum topic - raph - 9 May 2007 - 7:19am - 142 comments - 0 attachments

What to do with my Centaur?

... excellence of Centaur, offering separate fonts for each point size rather than just Text and Display variants. The early twentieth century's ...

Forum topic - raph - 18 Jun 2007 - 12:07pm - 20 comments - 0 attachments

An amusing exercise

... didn't occur to me before: the origins of the exclamation point, question mark, and laughter mark. Do you really think this ... 24 bit TIFF with transparencies...no noticable increase in size or performance. ;^) “Each glyph in the "Each glyph in the ...

Forum topic - cerulean - 19 Nov 2005 - 12:31pm - 104 comments - 0 attachments

HTF Didot vs. Linotype Didot

... a better way to fake small caps than simply reducing the size. In effect, that was what was done before proper small caps were made ... in the smallest sizes (the 8, or is it the 9 point? is absolutely gem like, a miracle of precision, readability and beauty, ...

Forum topic - Mark Foster - 6 Apr 2005 - 1:05pm - 21 comments - 0 attachments

Typeface classification

... replaces it with a messy network of organisms, where the size, color, and shape of a fungus is not necessarily a reliable indicator of ... the closer you get to the present day. Also, at that point you're off-loading the problem of categorization and classification ...

Forum topic - marc - 14 Mar 2005 - 8:01am - 44 comments - 0 attachments