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Free for you may be stealing from me
Comment by bsooy on February 20, 2007
It's admirable when an individual creates something like a font and makes it freely available, but that is their choice to do so; not every type designer or type foundry is obligated to follow the same course. It should be the creator's choice, not because somebody liked the original and tweaked two or three beziér points and called it an improvement and an original work.
soft selling design insight
Comment by bsooy on March 9, 2006
Since creating a monthly newsletter is a challenge, I decided that perhaps addressing the newsletter's topic and them of design matters would be appropriate, as a content add-on to our site. I launched http://bscodesignmatters.blogspot.com. I also post on http://www.b-l-a-n-k.com, a site expooring the heart and soul of design.
Keyboard layout makes a difference too...
Comment by bsooy on March 17, 2005
Not only is the tactile feel of a keyboard important, but the design of a keyboard is too. Why are all keyboards designed with the main usage area offset to the left, so that it's uncomfortable to use? Shouldn't the number pad or arrow keys be on the left and keyboard in the middle?
Sad but elated
Comment by bsooy on May 6, 2003
As one of the most ardent and prolific supporters and developers of MM fonts outside of Adobe (3 published fonts, two 1-axis and one 2-axis fonts), I had a sad but elated feeling the day that Harold Grey from Adobe called to let me know that support and development of MM fonts was ceasing. (Adobe had licensed VerveMM because it was a MM font).
training vs hiring smart
Comment by bsooy on November 19, 2002
The points in John's article are very well made, this lack of knowledge extends to the point that few know the proper apostrphe to even use in their "typography,' as the applications substitute ASCII apostrophes/quote marks for true typographer's marks.
