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... 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

Working with Word and InDesign

... 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

Tierra Nueva - new font inspired by old spanish map

... 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 - 46 comments - 2 attachments

The bouma of space craft

... 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

Monotype Ehrhardt

... characters, especially characters no longer used for writing English (ash, thorn, eth, yogh)? I have a few books that are in ...

Forum topic - Percival Koehl - 30 Mar 2006 - 10:12pm - 11 comments - 0 attachments

Appropriate use of the ampersand

... 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 - 67 comments - 0 attachments

what is the stereotypical behavior and appearance of a designer?

... for input or a quote I take care of it immediately. When writing my own book I contacted 50 designers to submit items for inclusion in ... Which I have a pair of on right now. :) “When writing my own book I contacted 50 designers to submit items for inclusion in ...

Forum topic - alchion - 27 Jul 2005 - 2:30pm - 128 comments - 0 attachments

Windsor Freezer Logo

... I love logo & identity design. But it’s like writing a haiku. A good final solution needs to be short & evocative. ...

Forum topic - egervari - 27 Jun 2005 - 12:26am - 24 comments - 6 attachments

Germano Facetti, 1928-2006

... have got it wrong. He was a great man. I’d been writing him a long letter to send for his 80th next month... None of the ...

Forum topic - Ricardo Cordoba - 13 Apr 2006 - 9:37am - 15 comments - 0 attachments

Modernism

... pen—-with a much closer kinship to engraving than to writing, thin horizontal serifs, ball terminals on letters such as f and j. ...

Wiki - pstanley - 29 Dec 2007 - 5:46am - 0 comments