How Do You Localize a Font? A conversation with Gerry Leonidas | December 2022

Episode 294 January 01, 2023 00:11:09
How Do You Localize a Font? A conversation with Gerry Leonidas | December 2022
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How Do You Localize a Font? A conversation with Gerry Leonidas | December 2022

Jan 01 2023 | 00:11:09

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Eddie Arrieta

Show Notes

In the latest installment of his column “The Red List,” Tim Brookes has a candid and fascinating conversation with Gerry Leonidas, a professor in the Department of Typography at the University of Reading. The two discuss font creation and the challenges of localizing a font for a specific locale.

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