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| Aug 16, 2019 at 0:31 | comment | added | curious♦ | @usr2564301 That's definitely something I'd like to see as well. With regards to indefinite articles bloating up the text, it makes sense in English but other languages have indefinite articles that use up the same or more space than their definite counterparts. In French for example: la vs. une | |
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| Apr 22, 2018 at 14:22 | comment | added | Jongware | I love those labels "Dr. XXX's Ointment & Cure for yʳ Ailments". They are hard to replicate using digital software. But can you find a historical example that does include an indefinite article? | |
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| Mar 23, 2018 at 14:08 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @joojaa Hyvä ratkaisu, mutta ehkä vähän vaikea monille henkilöille. ;-) | |
| Mar 23, 2018 at 13:15 | comment | added | joojaa | And thats why i use a language that has no articles ( defined or undefined ) whatsoever | |
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| Mar 22, 2018 at 14:45 | comment | added | zeethreepio | Great point, my train of thought on the original comment was to basically apply the styling of the other catchwords to the indefinites as necessary. In other words, replace "the" with "a" or "an". A little inconvenient but achievable. Unfortunately, I can't answer your question of why these aren't included in the original font packages. | |
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| Mar 22, 2018 at 14:33 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @zee True—but in titles and logos and such things where you want the ‘little words’ to kind of stand out by having borders/frames/angles/whatever, you would very commonly want to give a this treatment too. If the looks clumsy written out as a regular word in your title, then so will a, most likely. And there’s an, which is two letters, but also absent—not to mention un/une/ein/einer/einem, etc., in other languages. | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 14:29 | comment | added | zeethreepio | Possibly because "a", while an indefinite article, is simply a letter and not enough to warrant the styled treatment of a catchword. Just a thought. | |
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