Placing of diacritic in lc b with dot below, Dcedilla etc.
Hi guys,I am having a tough time with understanding where the diacritic should be placed on some of the Extended Latin glyphs. Namely:B with dor below 1E02 - under stem or centered?b with dot below...
View ArticlePunchcutter's Facer (Facing Tool)
I had wanted to post some pictures of the "facer" in its different forms, but it turned out that there were too many for a posting of reasonable length. So I've put them in a page which is a kind of...
View ArticleFontForge freezes
Latest FontForge freezes whenever i open complex glyph (with so much nodes in it), while the old version (the one supported in linux mint repo, and with old looking interface) open it smoothly. Can...
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Sans-serif with spurs on i, n, t, and a
I'm trying to identify a typeface used in a 1947 poetry book. I'm guessing it is one of the many sans-serifs produced in the 1920s or 30s. I've tried the online sites to identify from a scan with no...
View ArticleMVAR fonts?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/mvarI wonder if anyone has made any fonts that make use of this table, yet?If so, I'd be grateful for a more detailed explanation of what...
View Article3d Font Format
Is there such a thing? I've done some searching and I can't find anything.These are just prelim, brainstorm like ideas.What would that look like, and why is it important?A 3d font format would be...
View ArticleTool steel for punches
I have slowly started experimenting with punches for matrices and with hardening tool steel; this is in addition to regularly using tool steel with my milling machine. I have come across a very...
View ArticleMy second font design
Hello everyone!I am designing a new font, and I am with some doubts for the construction of some gliph. Especially with typographical signs such as '&' and '@'.I'm working, with FL5, and I also...
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Punchcutting courses available at the Imprimerie Nationale
A lot of people still don't know that there are punchcutting courses with Nelly Gable available at the Imprimerie Nationale.For information and applications contact Francis Capdeboscq >...
View ArticleWhat means – Font Info
Hello everybody,I have come across asking myself what actually font info means.Various type design software adopted this term, but each uses it slightly differently. So what is actually the purpose of...
View ArticleDuospace. Wait, what? Duospace?
The folks who make the "distraction-free" text editor iA Writer have added a second typeface to the options available for writing in iA Writer. It's a modified version of IBM Plex Mono called iA Writer...
View ArticlePrivate Use Area for ligatures and alternates
Hi All, My typeface has standard ligatures, stylistic alternates, and swashes. I will be selling the font and I want it to be as commercially viable as possible, and as useable as possible to potential...
View ArticleGerman Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
I am a collector of German and Austrian vintage hats. I have an old Melone/Bowler hat and the following writing was found on the back of the liner....
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Tesserae — an experiment in modular variable fonts
With work on Quinoa drawing to a close, I've allowed myself to indulge in a little side project that's been bumbling around in the back of my head for a while. It's a typeface made only from five...
View ArticleMajuscule Psi in both Greek and historical Cyrillic
Hello,I am uncertain about the left arm of the Greek capital letter Psi. Should both arms be symmetrical or not? Checked variants in established fonts, left arm varies. Still uncertain.Is there, or is...
View Article[OTVar] Variable font resources: 1991–2018 published on Axis-Praxis
The Axis-Praxis list of resources on variable fonts is live: articles, videos, podcasts and code 1991–2018.https://www.axis-praxis.org/resourcesHope you like it! Please let me know if there are...
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Future Fonts, new font marketplace
https://medium.com/future-fonts/introducing-futurefonts-xyz-8c0569777db6Happy to see software freedom culture "release early, release often" become influential in restrictive licensing, and looking...
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Proposal for font distribution/installation app
Hi everyone.For an upcoming project I thought of creating a GUI font installer app that would automatically install the latest version of a typeface that my client can start using at an early stage and...
View ArticleType.World Font Installation Protocol and GUI App
In anticipation of my upcoming presentation on Robothon 2018 in a couple of days I’m pulling the discussion about the font installation proposal from...
View ArticleKerning in FontLab Studio VI
I was going to take this question to the FontLab forum but it's not really a bug or a specific question about a feature. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on getting a more familiar sort of...
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