Anybody 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 ArticleCondensed black display all-caps face (with unicase alternates): Radiator
This is an experiment I did a while ago, and now decided to revisit. What do you think?I previously designed Latin, Cyrillic and Greek, and upon this iteration I added Armenian.This last one is tricky,...
View ArticlePanose: is there a purpose for it nowadays?
I've looked over all the relevant messages in this forum and done a fair bit of research online and I have yet to conclude that the PANOSE value for a font is really all that useful, but I certainly...
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Can fonts by Dieter Steffmann be sold with added glyphs?
Hi guys,Steffman's fonts are the type I would like to add Cyrillic to, and wrote to him about an year ago, but no reply. His site says (I read German) that his eyesight is failing and all his fonts are...
View ArticleA Text Typeface
Hi,Here is the light weight of a text typeface I've started drawing a couple months ago. Attaching here to get some opinion on how it's going? Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks!
View ArticleEULAs for commissioned fonts
In the case of a commissioned typeface, where I'm supplied the glyphs in the form of a PSD file, how would you determine and define what copyrights are mine and what are the clients? I think,...
View ArticlePlaying around with Venetians
Hi ! After drawing Geranium, which was already inspired by Jenson and Venetians, I am trying to do something around Jenson itself. That was a very old dream, naïve and enthusiast. Here are my first...
View ArticleHow to begin a commissioned font project?
I am very new to the idea of landing typeface design gigs for clients...When you get approached to create a commissioned typeface, what are some general questions I should be asking to help understand...
View ArticleUsing tablet + stylus for type design
I've been wondering if any of you use tablet + stylus for type design, and if so, in what ways.
View ArticleCubic B-splines for type design.
I am curious about that, are there any attempts about using cubic B-splines as the extended form of cubic Bezier curves?The advantages of B-splines are:Converting cubic B-splines down to Bezier curves...
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[OTVar] Spacing axis
Recently I proposed to Microsoft the registration of a ‘Spacing axis’ in OpenType Font Variations. Tracking and CSS letterspacing are highly primitive mechanisms and they mess up spacing (for instance...
View ArticleHow do you approximate an ellipse in Ikarus?
The thread about B-splines has led me to read about Ikarus.There's something I don't understand:If all segments are circle arcs, how do you approximate an ellipse, for example?(I mean, just like it's...
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Catherine font critique
Hello everyone,I have for a few years now off and on been working on this serif font named Catherine (named after my daughter, Lily Catherine) and I recently have had the ability to devote some more...
View ArticleReprint of Dutch Type !
Hello to all, if you haven’t yet seen it, this exciting book is up for a reprint on kickstarter:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/867313368/dutch-type-the-book-available-again#
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A reprint edition of Dutch Type is in preparation and you can now preorder it!
If you don’t already have a copy of Jan Middendorp's gorgeous “Dutch Type” book you’re in luck—he’s launched a Kickstarter to facilitate a reprint of this 2004 typographic...
View ArticleDarken a font globally with ttfauntohint ?
We have a sans serif font pair where the upright and italics match on Quartz but on any Windows environment the Italic is way too light compared to the upright, is there anyway to make it render bolder...
View ArticleReason for separating Latin and Cyrillic kerning groups?
I remember reading somewhere that it is best not to combine kerning groups between Latin and other scripts like Cyrillic. Could anyone elaborate on this?For example, in Latin, you might have a kerning...
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Proofing Multiple Styles of a Font on the Web
Is there already a font proofer for the web that lets you load multiple styles (regular, and italic; regular and bold etc)? Basically a page on Impallari where there's inline switching of styles
View ArticleDo you need a more complete Glyph List?
Hi all!Designing typefaces I feel not enough of Adobe Glyph List (~4500 glyphs) to naming new characters so I decided to create my own (>9000 glyphs). This file is the result. Every one can use it...
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