margulisd's articles:

Items(41) /5 Next >> Last >|

Usain 2 119 (9/14/2012 11:02:47 AM) comp.fonts If you're not on Facebook, you may not be able to see this. ... Dick

font suggestion needed for "darker" body text 4 82 (4/10/2012 1:12:10 PM) comp.fonts Designing a straight text biography for a self-publishing client who is heavily biased toward a dark body face. Her emails to me are in Times Bold. I sent her a sample design in Adobe Jenson, because off the ... Dick

Link to history-of-type article in NYT. Maybe an exhibit worth traveling to, as well... 2 71 (12/24/2011 5:46:21 PM) comp.fonts Don't know if anyone else already posted this link. Nice article on REAL type... ... Dick

Fun and games 2 94 (11/28/2011 12:23:29 PM) comp.fonts Looking for a bowling-related dingbat. Probably have some in one of my many dingbat fonts. Can anyone offer up a font name to help me shorten the search? Thanks for any help. ... Dick

Printing error from PDF: Calibri-BoldItalic ==> nothing 14 52 (10/3/2011 5:54:45 PM) comp.fonts So my wife gave me a form she uses at her office (Word document). I made a PDF and emailed it to my local job printer. There is one word on the form in Calibri-BoldItalic (the format Acrobat reports it in), e... Dick

apostrophe in vertical setting 7 368 (12/21/2008 11:07:36 AM) comp.fonts Some random browsing sequence yesterday brought me to a blog about apostrophe abuse, one post of which showed a sign in which a word was written vertically and should have included an apostrophe but omitted ... Dick

Author needs strange glyphs for Russian transliteration project--looking for font or a way to construct these 16 152 (2/7/2008 5:10:46 PM) comp.fonts Question out of far left field from an online acquaintance: "Do you know of a Unicode font that is capable of supporting the Library of Congress transliteration scheme for Russian? The problem is the ligatur... Dick

Acrobat 8 install issue 3 143 (10/31/2007 12:51:59 AM) comp.text.pdf What fun! All I was trying to do was manually update 7.0.8 to 7.0.9 because the automatic update had not taken place. Failed. Tried again. Failed again. Called Adobe tech support. For $39.95 they could try to... Dick

Question for the old-timers, particularly Wm Voss and Claude, but anyone can play 21 127 (7/13/2007 1:40:27 AM) comp.fonts So a question came up the other day, in another venue, about widows and orphans and which is which, and we straightened out that history (Gregg's Reference Manual got the definitions reversed and Microsoft foll... Dick

cannot comment in Reader--commenting enabled in document 0 243 (5/4/2007 7:01:13 PM) comp.text.pdf A listmate is having trouble with a PDF she is trying to comment on, using Reader 8 (the file is page proofs from her graphic artist, generated in Acrobat 8). She can create comments, but when she saves and ... Dick

margulisd's replies:

Items(5) /1

please help me to identify this font 4 107 (9/16/2012 9:16:44 PM) comp.fonts does anyone know what font is used in the stamp on this picture http://www.blog-philatelie.com/2011/07/letttre-marianne-de-cheffer-pour-l.html I'm especially interested in the numbers and the * thanks in... pierre.bru (228)

Can you believe this? 7 87 (7/5/2012 3:09:48 AM) comp.fonts THe scientific research study that appears to have validated one of the most significant findings since Einstein was presented and printed in .. hold your breath ... COMIC SANS! http://physicsforme.f... Char8044 (70)

A font for Chattanooga 2 80 (2/8/2012 9:01:49 AM) comp.fonts On CBC Radio's _As It Happens_ tonight: "CHATTANOOGA FONT. What's in a font? A city, by any other font, would seem as sweet. Or would it? Typeface designers in Chattanooga think not, which is why they're try... odysseus1479-at (101)

Fun and games 2 94 (11/28/2011 12:23:29 PM) comp.fonts Looking for a bowling-related dingbat. Probably have some in one of my many dingbat fonts. Can anyone offer up a font name to help me shorten the search? Thanks for any help. ... margulisd (51)

Printing error from PDF: Calibri-BoldItalic ==> nothing 14 52 (10/3/2011 5:54:45 PM) comp.fonts So my wife gave me a form she uses at her office (Word document). I made a PDF and emailed it to my local job printer. There is one word on the form in Calibri-BoldItalic (the format Acrobat reports it in), e... margulisd (51)