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Comment on The Fuss about Ligatures by Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:47:55 +0000

Ligatures reveal one’s awareness of fine taste and convey a sense of richness and substance in a text. It is entirely pedestrian to advocate removing subtle enhancements such as the ligature, unless of course one strives for commonality in their work. In deciding, one would do well to understand the difference between fine dining and simply eating. I’ll still pay any price for a fine quality bound book despite carrying my iPad with me when I travel.

Comment on Apostrophe or Prime? by Simanek

Simanek — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 03:35:39 +0000

@Sarah: Actually, most U.S. English keyboards have a single and double prime key just to the left of the “Enter/Return” key. This is a carry-over from typewriters and early computers that used a simplified straight “quote” in order to avoid needing separate keys for left and right quotes.

As described above, software has been developed so that today, with “smart quotes”, you can continue to type without thinking about whether you are using a left or right quote.

Unfortunately this historical development has made the general public (and even many “professionals”) ignorant of the difference between singe/double primes and single/double/left/right quotes. The other problem is that “smart quotes” only work when primes are never used. In U.S.A. this can be a problem when referring to measurements of feet and inches.

Comment on The Fuss about Ligatures by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:54:37 +0000

I’m not so concerned about the look of the ligature; I’m concerned with the spelling of British English words. I’m trying to figure out if, for example, the American English word “anemia” should be spelled, in British English, “anaemia” or “anæmia.” That is, have British typesetters abandoned ligatures, not because of the look of the print but because they seem old-fashioned or difficult for writers, editors, and desktop publishers to use (because the process for inserting them in various desktop word processing applications is not obvious).

Comment on The Art of the (Business) Apology by Pioneer Press: Oh No You DIDN’T! « Mix Creative

Pioneer Press: Oh No You DIDN’T! « Mix Creative — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:48:04 +0000

[...] for pointing this out, I’d like to point out that we all make mistakes from time to time (see my previous article about apologizing!), and in the world of newspaper publication—when turnaround times are quick—a mistake here and [...]

Comment on Announcing the Minnesota Writers Hall of Fame! by graceofwynn

graceofwynn — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:37:16 +0000

I think we should have a site or place for new, upcoming Minnesota writers to network and post their work..hint, hint

Comment on The Fuss about Ligatures by Raffy

Raffy — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:58:04 +0000

It is implied that the late Evert Bloemsma had a problem with ligatures. If one reads the interview with him in Daidala, you can read his answers.

According to him, ligatures are based on a certain limitation. For instance, like this blog mentioned, during the letterpress days, the letters that have to be kerned but not in an unstable look or with awkward spacing, plus, they have to save time. Another one is that the scribes have those ligatures since they need to write quickly.
Since desktop publishing came, gone is the need for ligatures.

The reason I’m not a fan of ligatures is that I consider that the typeface user will track type positively or negatively. If a ligature is there, the spacing would be awkward. It just takes a reader to judge that such results look ugly.

For the type designer’s part, they must do some kerning fixes on problematic ligatures to fix their typeface in case the user tracks their typeface.

Comment on The Art of the (Business) Apology by Tim Motzko

Tim Motzko — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:20:15 +0000

It was all my fault.

Comment on The Art of the (Business) Apology by Tim Motzko

Tim Motzko — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:19:41 +0000

I’m sorry.

Comment on Praising Plain English by Kay Paumier

Kay Paumier — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:02:05 +0000

Enjoyed your article. The Online Gobbledygook, Gibberish and Jargon Awards are another attempt to improve writing and communication. The awards were announced today.

http://www.gobbledygookaward.com/src/releasewinners.pdf