Question: to use OpenType locl feature to adjust quotes following the language in use. Good idea? Bad idea? Any font already using this technique? #typography #fonts #OpenType #typedesign

Igor Freiberger Tiro Typeworks Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Vassil Kateliev @[email protected] Dutch Type Library Adam Twardoch ৵ Nadine Chahine Localfonts André Simard terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible aaaaah!

using OT features to effectively remove the visual distinction between two different codepoints is a violation of the basic principles of standardization and effectively makes the underlying data no longer plaintext

iwsfutcmd Tiro Typeworks Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Vassil Kateliev @[email protected] Dutch Type Library Adam Twardoch ৵ Nadine Chahine Localfonts André Simard The way you speak seems Unicode is some kind of religion with no flaws.

Igor Freiberger Tiro Typeworks Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Vassil Kateliev @[email protected] Dutch Type Library Adam Twardoch ৵ Nadine Chahine Localfonts André Simard as someone who works with, and on, Unicode every day, i can assuredly attest it has flaws (some of which are partially my fault!)

but we're not talking about the relative merits of a specific implementation of standardization, we're talking about standardization as a concept

Igor Freiberger Tiro Typeworks Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Vassil Kateliev @[email protected] Dutch Type Library Adam Twardoch ৵ Nadine Chahine Localfonts André Simard what you're describing is what might be described as a 'hack': essentially an abuse of the standard to visually achieve a specific result while undermining the principals behind the standard. the right way to do this is to fix the standard itself, rather than pollute the data

iwsfutcmd Igor Freiberger Tiro Typeworks Vassil Kateliev @[email protected] Dutch Type Library Adam Twardoch ৵ Localfonts André Simard The goal is visual. Standards can be abusive.

iwsfutcmd Igor Freiberger Tiro Typeworks Vassil Kateliev @[email protected] Dutch Type Library Adam Twardoch ৵ Localfonts André Simard Standardization has always been a two-edged sword. It can be useful to some while doing damage to others. When Webster standardized English spelling, it helped Commerce, but partly at the expense of Culture. We are not machines.

Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian iwsfutcmd Igor Freiberger Tiro Typeworks Vassil Kateliev @[email protected] Dutch Type Library Adam Twardoch ৵ Localfonts André Simard 2. I don't understand the notion that culture or arbitrary rules should prevail over common sense. Is wearing the jihab inherently good just b/c it was proclaimed? The freedom of not standardizing has dire consequences. Should we all drive erratically as we wish? Stupidity rules?