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Citadel Miniatures

2 month ago

philgyford : Citadel Miniatures - Proof that large chunks of my memories will sooner or later appear, scanned, online. Fantastic.

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OSF, LF, and TF explained

8 month ago

Cameron Moll : OSF, LF, and TF explained - Oldstyle figures (OSF), lining figures (LF), and tabular and proportional widths: When to use which. A really straight-forward primer for typesetting numerals properly.

Richard Rutter : Old style, lining and tabular figures explained - Figures being numerals.

Tags : Typography figures numerals numbers

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Name the @ sign

48 month ago

plasticbag : Name the @ sign - I think the name should reflect name and function, ideally. 'peralpha' would be a bit of a bastardisation of 'surrounding an a', but I prefer diangle or diasper which should be something related to the greek verb 'to circulate'...

Tags : @ bastardisation characters etymology figures greek symbol symbols vocabulary

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