Get out of the deep freeze, typographically speaking! -- TypeTalk: You ask, we answer
-- OpenType Numerals
-- More on OpenType
-- The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway -- Gourmet Typography RECESSION PRICING
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TypeTalk: You ask, we answer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. What's the purpose of the
character that looks like a lowercase f with
a short crossbar? And why is it in some fonts
but not others? Check
it out...
Q. Is there a way to justify a series of unrelated words and word groups in InDesign so the space between them automatically adjusts with the width of the text box while keeping the word groups together? Check it out... Q. Are there official terms for the variants of the lowercase a and lowercase g? Check it out... Q. Is it possible to add kerns to a font used in a document so that the kerns are in effect for the entire document? Check it out... Read the answers to these and more in TypeTalk, my weekly Q&A blog (formerly a monthly column). Now you can post your comments and read others. You ask, I answer! Send your questions to typetalk@thetypestudio.com. A complete directory of past columns is here.
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OpenType Numerals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One of OpenType's many useful features is its
ability to manage the different styles of
numerals available within a font. When you're
working with typefaces that offer both lining
and oldstyle figures, each in both
proportional and tabular spacing, this is a
huge timesaver! Read
on...
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More on OpenType ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OpenType Demystified Thursday, March 19, 6 to 8 pm A to A Studio Solutions, Ltd 47 Euclid Avenue Stamford, CT What's on your wish list for the font of the future? Room for more characters, including small caps, old style figures, swashes and ligatures, and maybe even some ornaments? Perhaps a font format that works on both a Mac and a PC? Maybe even a font with a brain that knows when to use beginning and ending swashes, and other case-sensitive characters? Well, brace yourself, because the future is NOW! Join me as I explain, demystify and demonstrate this "smart" new font technology and shows how it can benefit designers. Details...
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The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There is a commonly held belief that
Helvetica is the signage typeface of the New
York City subway system, a belief reinforced
by Helvetica, Gary Hustwit's popular 2007
documentary about the typeface. But it is not
true - or rather, it is only somewhat true.
Check
it out...
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