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by mg794613 3254 days ago
Ugh to answer the last line of the author: I have been using them for that long and the up and downsides are very well known to me. He has an subjective opinion about them, states them as facts 'and everyone who thinks differently is just stupid' OK author...
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gboudrias 3254 days ago
Wow you weren't kidding. I have no opinion on the matter but that's just arrogant.
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andyfleming 3254 days ago
This isn't just some blogger though. Matthew Butterick wrote http://practicaltypography.com/ .
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OJFord 3254 days ago
A self-published eBook that acknowledges a lack of funding on the main page?

Maybe it is required reading in typography circles, but to someone reading the submission who merely uses a font, this doesn't seem much of a credential.

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kennethfriedman 3254 days ago
"A self-published eBook that acknowledges a lack of funding on the main page?" is kind of a low blow.

He's doing something really interesting with the funding model of practicaltypography, that I believe should be praised.

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OJFord 3254 days ago
I'm not meaning to deal any blows at all, low or otherwise.

I'm merely explaining that to the reader not a student of typography, there's not really any indication that this should be taken with more authority than 'some blog author' per comments above.

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cmyr 3254 days ago
From a brief bit of clicking around, the author has: designed several typefaces[1], written a long text on typography[cited previously], and has done enough programming to have developed the publishing framework he uses in his books[2], and to have written another book on a programming topic[3].

While I don't agree with much of this blog post, I certainly think the author has put in enough work to have their work taken seriously in this particular domain, and generally seems like a pretty interesting person.

1. http://practicaltypography.com/equity.html

2. http://docs.racket-lang.org/pollen/

3. http://beautifulracket.com

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andyfleming 3254 days ago
Sorry, I should have linked a better resource than just the homepage. Here's the about page: http://practicaltypography.com/end-credits.html#bio . He also wrote Typography for Lawyers: http://typographyforlawyers.com/about.html .
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