On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 09:26:36AM -0700, Vernon Adams wrote: > I challenge Khaleds slightly 'straw man' comment :) > > Fonts are functional utilities that include 'art work'. The fact that > the 'art work' of fonts may not be part of your interest in them, does > not separate function and art in fonts.
I did not say fonts have no artistic side (that would be a very silly thing to say), but what I’m saying is that fonts are not made and consumed purely for there artistic values; a font is not a painting of Da Vinci or a calligraphy of al-Amidi that is possessed for being as such and one need to be 100% sure what we has is an authentic unadulterated, work. Fonts are used for the functional value they provide and that value is self evident; when I get my hands on a copy of, say, Amiri font what value do I gain by knowing it is Khaled’s original or an modified version by Vern? All I need to know is if the font I have in my hands fulfils the purpose I need it for, and that I can tell from the font it self, but knowing who designed it and whether it was modified or not tells me nothing that I really need to know. Regards, Khaled
