If you have any interest in OpenType Variable Fonts and their TrueType GX origin, you must read Tom Rickner’s post: Part 1: from TrueType GX to Variable Fonts. Rickner was a member […]
Maps
Saying Goodbye to Apple Maps Japan
A Buddhist priest friend of mine teaches that Buddhist faith and practice is not a big thing, but a gradual accumulation of small things over time. That’s a good analogy […]
Apple
John Gruber Loses His Mojo
I love Daring Fireball and John Gruber is one of the best tech writers out there. But since the election Gruber seems distracted. A lot of people probably are…still. He […]
Japanese Typography
TYPO Talks: OpenType Variable Font State of the Union
OpenType Variable Fonts (OTVF) were the hot topic of the annual TYPO conference held earlier this month. If you have any interest in OTVF watch Dan Rhatigan’s progress report. Dan is […]
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Apple Pay Suica Green Car Tickets
One of the cool Apple Pay Suica features shown in the Apple Pay Japan marketing blitz is Green Car “touch and sit” seating. In the JR East ad Ryuhei Matsuda […]
Apple Pay + Wallet
An Inconvenient Apple Pay Truth
Last week’s Wall Street Journal piece on stalled Apple Pay uptake in the US market is still playing out in the press. Karen Webster’s take on her PYMENTS.COM site is that […]