ospalhJan 20, 2023
I think the author just isn’t a very good writer.
The protagonist got an electric schock because of static discharge, and then a cramp:
»He cried out in silent agony for approximately six hundred seconds.«
So he is standing there for nine to eleven minutes? And Bibliotheca just waits there, altho she was leaving? »Approximately« doesn’t mean »what felt like«.
#ospalhReads #MagicalIndex #Kamachi
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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
Mark Twain
Show threadospalhJan 20, 2023
That the version i hav has some terrible keming isn’t helping, either.
Tons of sheds and heds with some accent between the e and d.
There is too much space, apostrofs tearing holes into yur text, but there is definitely too little space, too, and tons of it here.
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Btw, the »upload one image and we tell yu the font« pages like What The Font work reasonably well.
Minion. That is Minion, but badly kernd.

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#fonts #minion #minionFont #fontIdentification #keming

Jan 23, 2023 at 7:49amWeb
Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023

The other way, identifont, seem more precise, but for this font especially several font shapes were borderline. How many degrees of slant in the uprights of the »M« ar allowd for it to count as upright? 0.5°? They ar the tiniest bit no parallel.

Dto. »Q«: Does the tail cross the circle? For Minion, yes, the tiniest sliver is on the inside. Does that count for identifont? I don’t know!

http://www.identifont.com/

Identifont - Identify fonts by appearance, find fonts by name

Identify fonts by appearance, find fonts by name, find picture or symbol fonts, find fonts by designer or publisher.

Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
Uh, and for the version of Minion for sale at Linotype, that one does not show the »Th« ligature that clearly is in the book. Maybe they thought only the f- ligatures were needed for a sale.
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Ok, jetzt wird’s kompliziert.
Sieht so aus, als gäbe es zwei Versionen – und einen verschollene Zwischenversion.

In Minion-registered-trademark gibt es die Th-Ligatur.
In der neueren Minion 3 wurde die anscheinend abgeschafft. Statt dessen gibt es da ein Versal-ẞ.
#Font #Minion #Schriftart #versalẞ

Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
Die Th-Ligatur halte ich im Wesentlichen für einen Flex, d.h. Angeberei.
Selbst fi-Ligatur braucht es, je nach Schriftart nicht unbedingt.
Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
Btw, Compose Key to the rescue.
Mit Wincompose
⎄ZWNJ für zero width non-joiner, um die Ligatur zu vermeiden.
Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
Btw btw
ich musste & konnte die Benutzersequenzen erweitern.
Jetzt geht »⎄« Tippen ohne cut-and-paste.
Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
Sag ich ja.
Die Th-Ligatur braucht kein Mensch.
https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/137945/are-th-ligatures-used-in-german-typesetting
Are Th ligatures used in German typesetting?

I am new to the graphics design part of SE, my home is TeX, hence I hope this is the right place to ask this: Are Th ligatures used in the German language for typesetting? I am right now in the pr...

Graphic Design Stack Exchange
Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
O, und die fi-Ligatur: dass die sich in der Nicht-Ligatur-Version nicht berühren heißt, dass man die Ligatur im Digital- oder Lichtsatz nicht braucht. Im Bleisatz schon. Da hast du die strickten vertikalen Linien. Egal ob Handsatz oder Maschinen wie Linotype.
Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
Huh. Looks like Minion 3 still has the Th ligature, but doesn’t use it as a standard.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/type-typography-discussions/minion-3-re-enable-th-ligature-without-using-dlig/td-p/10399431?profile.language=de
Minion 3 – (re-)enable Th-ligature without using dlig?

Hey there. First off, I'm very happy about the rework around Minion which saved me from choosing another font for a book project containing glyphs not included in Minion Pro. Unfortunately Minion 3 also moves the Th-ligature from the standard liga to discretionary dlig. I know this is controversia...

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Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
Einen hab ich noch.
Sieht so aus, als wäre Minion 3 auch besser unterschnitten. Vor allem Klein-Großbuchstaben negativ.
Show threadospalhJan 23, 2023
Ich hatte echt gedacht, die hed-shed-Unterschneidung hätte der Verlag gemacht, weil, welche Schriftgießerei macht so ein Keming‽
Adobe.
Adobe hat das bei Minion-registered-trademark so gemacht. Oder Robert Slimbach.