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Caron shape in script fonts
Wikipedia states switching the caron to the wedge [apostrophe] shape for /d, /l, /L, /t is optional in handwriting. And indeed, I was able to find a sample of calligraphy that featured those letters...
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Beta testers wanted for iOS kerning app
Hello all! I'm working on two new iOS apps: one is a vector path editor, probably more useful for people who are involved in lettering rather than font creation, but the other is probably more useful...
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looking for internship
Hi everyone,I'm looking for a short internship in New York City,I am going to be there for 2 or 3 weeks in November.Can someone help me suggesting a studio where I can learn while working?Maybe this is...
View ArticleR&D Tax Credit
Has anyone used the R&D tax credit for their type design business? I could see it being applicable to software development, which is what type design is.
View ArticleCCMP one-to-many InDesign
I have a feature that decomposes some accented glyphs, for example Aogonek to A + combining ogonek. This works as expected in Chrome, but it doesn’t work in InDesign – not even if I use the World-Ready...
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I don't want to be criticised, but I quess I will about, Curvology Stamp Oblique
New here, Hi all, I'm typoholic. Not professional, just occasional and when I feel like it. I got very hard to stay in vanilla way but I try my best. So, this is one of the fonts I created. Family is...
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Greek ligatures in modern fonts
This reads "ΠΑΠΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ / PAPADOPOULOU". I suppose this is just a ligature of omicron and upsilon on the font level:Despite the ligature's origin in Greek, there is no separate provision for its...
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Freitag — toying around with a geometric display sans
So I've had this inexplicable urge to start drawing one of the most redundant fonts imaginable — a geometric display sans. In particular, I thought I'd try to make it stand out from the crowd with some...
View ArticleMore information on using Contextual Substitutions.
Hello, I'm new here. I'm looking for some example of how to use contextual alternates substitution.For example, i have a , a.alt1 and a.alt2, i know that after a space, it returns to a, but how can i...
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S-shaped question mark?
What's your first thought?ugh/ewwwhmm...whatever.yay!As much as I experienced type around me, and as I could investigate, virtually all typefaces feature question marks pointing down, i.e. towards...
View ArticleWord uses hard coded line height for Helvetica, Times, Baskerville, and Old...
Today I learned something interesting about Microsoft Word; for most fonts, Word uses the vertical metrics in the font file, but for some, Word has its own "hard coded" line height values for (at...
View ArticleVariable fonts for Adobe After Effects
Dear Colleagues,I would like you to call for action. As far as we know, variable fonts have immense possibilities within animations. However, most used software for the motion design hasn't even...
View ArticlePython library for direct Bezier manipulation
I’ve been asked to write a tool which performs various transformations to outlines in an OTF, and am now trying to get my head around the various parts of the Python font manipulation...
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Experience or feedback with submtting a font to myfonts ?
HelloI've submitted a braille font to myfonts.com (23th sept) and did not receive any feedback. I guess that my work is maybe not inline with their quality expectations or that the market for braille...
View ArticleAny good auto kerning tools?
This question is probably quite naive, but are there any good auto-kern tools? It seems to me that such time consuming yet mechanical process should’ve been automated a long time ago, shouldn’t it? And...
View ArticleUnderstanding the 'name' table.
Some font makers decide on a naming scheme that ends up with names like "Regular Italic" instead of "Italic".This is sometimes problematic when working with InDesign character styles where Italic ≠...
View ArticleRounded font workflow?
Hi. I am creating this thread because I have been commissioned to make a fully rounded font. By that, I mean a font which has purely circular endings, if you understand what I mean. How should one go...
View ArticleĽ vs L’
I’m curious is there any list or info about what languages use ľ ď ť (one character) vs l’ d’ t’ (with an apostrophe)?I’m asking that to understand the spacing (like Ľ and L’), and especially for...
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“French” apostrophe?
I don’t know how many have noticed this before, but the Arno Pro fonts have a character variant for uni2019 (quoteright) which is registered for {locl} substitution under languagesystem latn FRA. This...
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Monotype Series 72–74
Quite curious about these fonts actually, found Egyptian 72, but curious about the others on the page too, any information about these? The image is from Handbuch der Schriftarten
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