List of glyphs to omit
We often go all the way when designing the font and include every glyph on the unicode list. I know I have. However, there are many that are completely obsolete and do not need to be included, even for...
View ArticleAlphabet Type (Berlin) 6 month paid internships
https://www.alphabet-type.com/internship/Nothing to do with me, but I think this is a very nice opportunity for recent graduates!At alphabet, knowledge transfer is key. We strive to keep our expertise...
View ArticleglyphsLib v3.0.0: Now with better round-tripping between Glyphs.app source...
Hey everyone,I just released a new version of glyphsLib, the glue layer used by e.g. fontmake to turn Glyphs.app source files into binaries.The most important change is the command-line scripts...
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Portfolio Mono (working title)
I'd love to hear your thoughts!Two specific issues I'd like to draw your attention to:1. I'm not in love with the vertical serif in /c/s/z. Do they bother you too? Do you think this kind of design...
View ArticleFrom Fontlab to Glyphs
Hello everybody,i've always designed typefaces with fontlab software, actually fontlab VI. Now i m working on a project in a group that use to design with Glyphs. The Fontlab macros that export files...
View ArticleArabic variable fonts in Photoshop
A user on my forum has problems with getting a Arabic variable font to work in Photoshop. I tried in and had the same result. Has anyone an Arabic font that works in Photoshop. (Illustrator CC 2018...
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Polish: the ł_ł ligature revisited
This matter has been puzzling me for quite some time.I don’t know if this has been discussed previously nor do I know how many font makers care about the ligature łł for Polish. In my opinion it is an...
View ArticleFamily Stem Weights Calculator
This is a simple little tool that will help you plan the stems weights values across a 9 styles family.Input your thinnest and boldest stems values, and it will show you a wide range of possibilities...
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Hammer for counterpunching: How many kilos?
I just realised none of my hammers is heavy enough to leave a mark when I am counterpunching.Does anybody know the weight of the hammer I should buy? Looking at Stan's one it looks like something...
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Looking for a mentor online
Hello I am a graphic design student from Honduras, recently I been trying to learn type design, for the past 2 months I been learning how to use Glyphs app; I feel like I am able to use most of the...
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Numerals Critique
Hi,Just started working on this awhile back and would like some feedback on what could be improved or if anything looks wrong, etc, etc.Cheers!
View ArticleFont Bakery
Hi Anyone knows why Font Bakery site is down? It was an extremely useful item for testing output.
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Square sans needs legibility improvements
It's intended for video game UI, where kerning is unavailable; hence such angular letters' design and tabular numbers by default. I've been fighting with it for a long time now; trying out different...
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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...
View ArticleDutch IJ exceptions
Hoi!I rarely outsource my type design research but I'm hitting a wall and would love to know if I'm the only with this particular problem:When it comes to creating a locl feature for the Dutch language...
View ArticleMultiple widths
I'm building a typeface of 56 fonts using a couple of axes: weight and width. In other words, I have seven weights, four widths of each weight, and italics of everything.Is there a best-practices way...
View ArticlePassword wildcards and password retyping
On Firefox, Windows 10, the password wildcards are invisible (it looks like nothing is being typed). Furthermore, once a wrong password is entered, the password field is not cleared, which results in...
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Scarbo — an attempt at a text face
It is with some trepidation that I submit my design for critique, since several of this forum's esteemed contributors expressed some strong opinions about essentially derivative typefaces, superfluous...
View ArticleInteresting use of variable fonts...
http://www.fastcodesign.com/90167210/helvetica-is-now-an-encryption-device
View ArticleHow many typeface projects do you have going at any given time?
And I mean completely different faces, not weights. How many clients/self-started project do you work on concurrently? And if many, how often do you jump between them?
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