- From: Adam Twardoch <list.adam@twardoch.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:23:31 +0100
- To: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>, Thomas Phinney <tphinney@adobe.com>
Adam Twardoch wrote: > the necessity > for custom body fonts on the web is slightly less important in the CJK > market Actually, I should rephrase this: in fact, in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, there is great potential for improvement regarding body type, because in those writing systems, the screen resolution issue is still a problem due to the complexity and density of the character shapes. So compelling typeface design solutions that involve stroke reduction and other innovative choices can actually make a big difference when it comes to readability of web pages set in those languages. -- Adam Twardoch | Language Typography Unicode Fonts OpenType | twardoch.com | silesian.com | fontlab.net I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. (Hunter S. Thompson)
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