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New type design periodical, Footnotes
https://twitter.com/LaPoliceType/status/751372140012834816Interestingly the back of the magazine is a space for people to submit typefaces to, so you can see how they look in a real print publication
View ArticleKontrapunkt type designer job posting
Hi everyone,We are looking for a type designer. See more here:http://www.kontrapunkt.com/sites/default/files/pdf/type_designer_081217_3.pdfBest,Torsten
View Article[OTVar] Emotional Type/ Sharing technique for interpolating between angular...
Hi all,A quick disclaimer: I'm only a beginner. I've been doing type design for just about two years and also very new to OpenType variable font. I just got a chance to attend the type conferences...
View ArticleAnfíbia - new display font
Hello! It is the second time I come post my job here for analysis, this latter is also derived from the design shown here. In this new typeface left the art nouveau influences more explicit in Cap,...
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Interview with Piet Jacobs, ex Joh. Enschedé’s typefounder
At re-type's weblog we have published a lengthy interview with Piet Jacobs who worked at Enschedé foundry for many years and, at his own private press, published the autobiography of Paul Rädisch.I...
View ArticleMundane
Yea, another basic sans. I wanted to see if anyone wants to collaborate on this—I put some time into it but I'm at the point of not wanting to continue until I get someone to help me with it. I wanted...
View ArticleDesigning my comic title, would appreciate any insights
Hi! I'm a comic artist and want to give our comics title a facelift. I think I'm up to the challenge but haven't really gotten things to click together yet.First Here is more or less what we already...
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iOS vs Windows Line Height Issue
Hey friends – I'm still relatively new to type design and trying to understand this issue I came across. I'm in the process of redesigning my portfolio website and used my own typeface across the site....
View ArticleOpinions on reverse contrast French Clarendon
A couple of months ago, I watched an old western movie and found myself drawn to the typeface used for one of the newspaper headlines. I was familiar with French Clarendons, but this one struck me as...
View ArticleOpenType feature to transform (c) to ©
Hello,I search a OpenType feature to transform (c) to ©I tested dlig: sub parenleft c parenright by copyright;Is this the smartest way with no problems?
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German ch and ck ligs
A music friend sent me a scan of a cover for sheet music from 1911 which contained these ligs. I found this old Typophile reference but wondered if anyone knew more about...
View ArticleMarking Copies of Fonts
Suppose a foundry marks each copy of the fonts it ships to clients with some unique key buried somewhere in the metadata, such that if an illegal copy is found, it's possible to trace its source.Have...
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Ornamental Initials
Hello,I have been drawing ornaments for years and decided to make a font similar to my previous project Floralis, but this time based on a personal face and not an existing font (and more mature I...
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Chrome now supports new "text-decoration" features
Chrome have added better support for text-decoration, which is fantastic since we can finally enjoy looking at hyperlinks without having ascenders crashing into the...
View ArticleVariable Fonts from a web design perspective (podcast)
I came across this great episode discussing the impact that variable font technology will have on web design in 2018 and beyond. Some very interesting perspectives are discussed:...
View ArticleAnybody else want to commission a open source Wordpress type tester?
I’m redesigning my online store. It will probably be Wordpress, and I might commission a developer to create a type tester plugin. Is anybody else interested in splitting development fees to make this...
View ArticleAlegreya Sans and serif - missing 4 sub Serbian Italic glyphs
Hello, I am graphic designer and I am fond of good fonts. Alegreya Sans and serif are very nice Pro fonts.We can see that in OT feature locl for Serbian, only one glyph б has sub, other four г,д,п,т...
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Cherokee!
Expanded my Combax further. I wanna hear your thoughts while I wait for a response from the Cherokee Nation. E-mailed them the below images earlier today PS. I took what I could from As far as I...
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