Re: The glyph of the CAPITAL SHARP S

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2007 - 12:21:53 CDT

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    At 10:04 -0700 2007-05-10, Asmus Freytag wrote:

    >>Your idea is fine, but at the end of the day it falls to me to draw
    >>the glyph that goes in the charts, and it is expected to harmonize
    >>with the rest of the glyphs. And the UCS is an International
    >>Standard, not just a DIN standard.
    >
    >At the end of the day, you may be the one supplying the actual
    >outline, but it falls to the community to settle the overall
    >features of what would be a proper Times-like design appropriate for
    >the code charts.

    I did not say otherwise.

    >I read your statement not as claiming ownership, but to remind
    >people that the decision for the representative glyph has to be
    >settled way before wide-spread implementations of this glyph become
    >available (excepting the pre-existing fonts here for a moment).

    That is why I have made many glyphs and asked for feedback.

    -- 
    Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
    


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