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Opentype
by Ilene Strizver
New to OpenType? This powerful, new font format offers cross-platform compatibility,
expanded character sets, automatic character substitution and much more. READ
ARTICLE...
Font Management in Mac OS X by Peter Fraterdeus (7-24-01)
Mac OS X has excellent support for advanced typographic features, including OpenType and Unicode, as
well as Apple's Advanced Typography (AAT), and promises to be a publishing powerhouse when the
toolbox is filled out. READ ARTICLE...
Evolution of the QWERTY Keyboard by John H. Lienhard
By the late 1800's keyboards had settled on the so-called QWERTY system. Q, W,E, R, T,
and Y--QWERTY--are still the first six letters on the top row of your keyboard. READ ARTICLE...
Type Families by Allan Haley
We take it for granted that typeface families help us organize our type libraries and create documents with consistent type styles, but, in fact, the concept of type families a relatively new idea, dating only from the turn of this century. READ ARTICLE...
Opentype Ushers in New Era of Typography by Edward Mendelson (6-20-00)
Past enemies Microsoft and Adobe have joined forces with OpenType, a new font format with rich typographic capabilities. We users are beginning to reap the benefits. (Courtesy of CreativePro.com) READ ARTICLE...
InDesign Brings OpenType to the Desktop by Edward Mendelson (6-11-00)
InDesign shows off some capabilities of the OpenType format, but OpenType will live up to its promise only with more-flexible support and more OpenType fonts.
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An Interview w/ Matthew Carter by Mark Solsburg
One of this century´s foremost type designers and co-founders of Bitstream, (America´s first digital type foundry), Matthew Carter shares his insight and experience regarding 20th century typography in America and more. READ ARTICLE...
St. Bride: A Typographic House of Worship by Andrew Boag
St Bride's is the largest library in the English-speaking world devoted to the study of printing and typography! Its collection of type specimens is one of the largest and most comprehensive in existence. READ ARTICLE...
Linotype's Long History by Mark Solsburg
The day Ottmar Mergenthaler demonstrated the first hot-metal linecasting machine to the New York Tribune in 1886, Whitelaw Reid, the editor-in-chief, was delighted: “Ottmar”, he said, “you´ve cast a line of type!” READ ARTICLE...
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