... it is long, not shortened (otherwise, ss is used). When writing in capital letters (for titling or advertising, etc.), the problem was ... cases where this leads to misunderstanding. In lowercase writing, the words “Maße” (measures) and “Masse” ...

Forum topic - Sebastian Nagel - 4 Mar 2008 - 4:47am - 48 comments - 2 attachments

... and breaking the text string into stratified layers and writing them successively, anticipating what will be the int subsequent layers. ... quite competent, and sometimes excellent. The tradition of writing characters is strong, and alive. (They generally don’t understand ...

Forum topic - ishamid - 16 Jan 2006 - 12:29pm - 110 comments - 0 attachments

... used by Olivetti typewriters in the late 50’s. I’m writing a story about a friend who owned one. I had a Smith Corona at the time ...

Forum topic - Karenadria - 23 Jul 2008 - 5:06pm - 13 comments - 0 attachments

Indices : Writing Systems Abjads (consonantal alphabets) Abugidas ...

Wiki - John Hudson - 2 Aug 2008 - 7:48am - 0 comments

... of Style, the bible of “correct” academic writing, agrees more or less with the German interpretation, and says ... that’s a good thing. Examples from my own writing: “The most obvious way that Latinization affects a non-Latin ... It’s just another type of decision when you’re writing, I guess. When an ampersand can save me (and the reader) from an ...

Forum topic - Peter G. - 17 May 2005 - 9:57pm - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... far outward from Italy. Today, it is one of the most-used writing systems in the world. (wiki) ...

Wiki - paul d hunt - 1 Jul 2008 - 2:26pm - 0 comments

... English professors will argue that you shouldn't be writing "B&B" in the first place--it ought to be "bed and ...

Forum topic - kaisa - 27 Sep 2004 - 2:31pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments

... rotate” was just to save space, both in writing out the code and in the compiled font. The same thing can be done with ... achieved by marking the sequence. [While I was writing, Miguel [While I was writing, Miguel has already answered the question ...] The ignore ...

Forum topic - scruggsdesign - 1 May 2006 - 10:07am - 18 comments - 0 attachments

... I’m much more comfortable using Word for the actual writing. However, I’ve become fairly familiar with InDesign’s robust type ... so forth) I would generally stick to a word-processor for writing. You can still have something better than the typographic average if ...

Forum topic - Peter G. - 8 Sep 2005 - 3:11pm - 46 comments - 0 attachments

... contrast manipulation and space craft. And not just for writing with prefabricated letters, but all writing. Nick, I actually do think my forms are not very graceful, but ...

Forum topic - raph - 7 Apr 2005 - 2:39pm - 99 comments - 0 attachments