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| | Fonts for Programmers || Typographica |
 | | Sure, Myriad was MM, and has a very different fit to Frutiger, and many of its stem joints are not strictly perpendicular, as are Frutiger’s, but to argue that it, and Prima, are original typefaces is specious — their debt is too great, and having a different cap M isn’t enough. |
 | | Just because a typeface achieves a bland, archetypal quality that makes it seem perfectly natural, more a discovery of some underlying truth than an invention, doesn’t excuse those who imitate it from acknowledging their source. |
 | | Even a simple sans serif typeface is a combination of quite specific global design themes, namely skeletal letter forms, x-height, cap height, extender length, relative widths of letters, angle of stress, degree of contrast, angle of terminals, roundness/ellipticality of curves, thickness and angle of joints — all of which have specific values. |
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