Typography on a (scaled) HiDPI display
Hi,I have a question regarding how fonts render on a modern HiDPI computer screen.I'm going to buy a new 15" Windows 10 laptop: the brand new Dell XPS 15 9560 (i7 cpu, 512gb ssd, 16gb ram and gtx 1050...
View ArticleHow to start with variable fonts on the web
Just sharing:https://www.zeichenschatz.net/typografie/how-to-start-with-variable-fonts-on-the-web.htmlHappy Exploring
View ArticleLatin Extended-B Languages?
Hey there,Ā I wanted to know which languages are part of theĀ Latin Extended-B set.Ā I can find the glyphs but not the languages that they support.Are they very 'important'? Or should I focus on other...
View ArticleLicensing and stealing
Hello,the question is probably very basic and stupid, but I couldnāt find the answer.How the font licensing works in the real life? When someone buys a font for 5 users, what stops him to use it for...
View ArticleStylistic set vs separate font
I'm designing a font combining Latin with insular Gaelic characters as a stylistic set. In your opinions, is this the best way to proceed? Should the Latin and Gaelic be separate fonts or combined as...
View Article[OTVar] fit-to-width JavaScript library released as open source
I recently polished my fit-to-width code and added it as a new fit-to-width GitHub repository. The published code is a development ofĀ the method I first presented inĀ this Skia demoĀ from November...
View ArticleOpenType script tags update for Unicode 11
The OpenType script tag registry has been updated to sync with Unicode 11. The registry never got updated for Unicode 10 (an oversight), so additions include scripts added in Unicode 10 and Unicode 11...
View ArticleHow reliable are OTFs exported from a font editor?
I was wondering how reliable fonts exported directly from a font editor are (assuming that you have filled all font naming, vertical dimensions, blue values, and stemsnap values correctly)? I'm...
View ArticleA curious bug
Hi,when I tried to export a .vfb file, FL5 gave me this warning:for the TTF: [X] <font-name> cmap{plat=3,script=1,lang=0}: multiple glyphs uni0218 Scommaaccent mapped to code <218>and for...
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,...
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Grazhdanskiy Shrift
Grazhdanskiy ShriftĀ is an attempt to revive the font, which altered the structure of the Russian alphabet by the reform of Peter the Great.Ā The project is still in a draft. Any contributions are...
View ArticleFont editor for your Iphone
Hi you brilliant designers!Claus from fontdesignR. We have just put out a new font editor for the smartphone, only for the Iphone at the moment. It's called "fontdesignR" and it is on release sale for...
View ArticleHaving a custom font created for a youth-focused Anti-Bullying Charity
(I am hoping I posted this in the correct Category)Good afternoon everyone:BullyingCanada is reaching out to the Typed Drawers Community to see if someone would like to volunteer their time to create a...
View Articlework performance
hi! Does anyone know or know any shortcut or way to perform the same spacing to all characters with as few actions as possible to improve work performance? (I'm working with FL6). The only way I know,...
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If you know special local kerning cases, post them here please
Hi,the "Periodcentered" thread got me thinking: are there special cases in world orthographies, like kerning the periodcentrered exactly between two l's, that are specific to a country's orthography...
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Practice-Sans first typeface
Hi everyone,I recently took a Type Design class and this was made during that. I'm originally a Visual Designer, always loved picking fonts and searching for those with personality so I took a...
View ArticleWebfont test suites or validation tools, which ones are there
One comment I picked up multiple times while talking/reading about webfonts, is that people are weary about creating WOFF and WOFF2 fonts because it adds so much work. These fonts need to be prepared,...
View Article[OTVar] Dependent axes?
As saw the axes proposal from Type Network, it worth saying that, if theĀ fvar can supportĀ dependent axes, it would help solving some complex situations (like building a composite font from two VFs with...
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...
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Experimental Sans With Overlapping Paths
Hi all,The concept started off by offsetting some shapes and then treating the resulting overlapping elements as strokes. I tried to recreate some of those extreme connection points in the capitals by...
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