On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 10:41:06PM +1030, Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a Latin-based
> language in which it is possible to have a lowercase immediately followed
> by an uppercase in the SAME word?
Plenty. Italian word "arrivederLa", for example.
Also a lot of proper names, I was g
At 9:25 PM +1030 3/3/03, Kevin Brown wrote:
As to the many examples given of words (really two words without a space)
such as "PayPal", I've always called these "Macintosh Words" because I'm
sure this practice was started many years ago by the people who wrote and
named Mac applications, if not by
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Kenneth Whistler wrote:
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>> > Does anyone know of a Latin-based language in which it is possible to
>> > have a lowercase immediately followed by an uppercase in the SAME word?
>
>In addition to the examples pointed out by Roozbeh and Michael,
>this pattern is growing increas
> I'm working on a Latin-based font that's got a large number
> of kerning pairs already defined and I'm trying to pare this
> list of pairs down to the bare minimum. There seem to be many
> pairs which are unlikely ever to be used. These pairs all involve
> a lowercase on the left with an upperc
ubject: Impossible combinations?
>Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 22:41:06 +1030
>From: Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Public email list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>I'm working on a Latin-based font that's got a large number of kerning
>pairs already defined a
Kenneth Whistler wrote:
> In addition to the examples pointed out by Roozbeh and Michael,
> this pattern is growing increasingly common in commercial English,
> where such forms as "eBusiness" and "eSecurity" are enjoying
> increasing vogue. And CamelCasing is apparent not only in
> technical ter
At 04:11 AM 3/2/2003, Kevin Brown wrote:
I'm working on a Latin-based font that's got a large number of kerning
pairs already defined and I'm trying to pare this list of pairs down to
the bare minimum. There seem to be many pairs which are unlikely ever to
be used. These pairs all involve a lowerc
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of a Latin-based language in which it is possible to
> > have a lowercase immediately followed by an uppercase in the SAME word?
In addition to the examples pointed out by Roozbeh and Michael,
this pattern is growing increasingly co
At 21:01 +0330 2003-03-02, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
That happens in many common names, like McGowan.
Noble names, Roozbeh. ;-)
--
Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Kevin Brown wrote:
> Does anyone know of a Latin-based language in which it is possible to
> have a lowercase immediately followed by an uppercase in the SAME word?
That happens in many common names, like McGowan. It will also be used in
tech terms that need to avoid space for
At 22:41 +1030 2003-03-02, Kevin Brown wrote:
Does anyone know of a Latin-based language in which it is possible
to have a lowercase immediately followed by an uppercase in the SAME
word?
Yes. It happens in Irish all the time.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.c
I'm working on a Latin-based font that's got a large number of kerning
pairs already defined and I'm trying to pare this list of pairs down to
the bare minimum. There seem to be many pairs which are unlikely ever to
be used. These pairs all involve a lowercase on the left with an
uppercase on t
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