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Problem in Chrome?
Opening https://beautifulwebtype.com/zilla-slab/ in Chrome or Edge doesn't display the four different figure sets, but only the default figures. In firefox it is right. Does anyone know more about this...
View ArticleTypeface that lets you try different sets
Ok ok, ok, this is really bugging me. I saw a tweet the other week with a link to a site for a new typeface that lets the user choose stylistic sets and then view said font in mock ups ect. and now I...
View ArticleFontlab 5: How to 'Update [kern] feature' in all open fonts?
Hi there,Does anyone know a Python command to 'Update [kern] feature' in all open fonts?Thanks in advance.
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Usefulness for the below type of fancy fonts and hybrid glyphs
We wanted to know if there is any usefulness to generate custom fonts whose glyphs are a combination of bold and italic typeface. We call these glyphs “Hybrid Glyphs”. So, to say, each glyph is...
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Elemaints - A Serif Family with Optical Sizes
A long time ago (2010) I have started a new typeface written in METAFONT (see http://www.typophile.com/node/73827). I interrupted the work because I had to investigate further in METAFONT and...
View ArticleUnexpected vendor library
I recently saw at Luth.no, in their blog section, our 2 latest releases, published, in Norwegian prices. Since we're not working together for more then 4 years (probably even more), I was very shocked...
View ArticleThe Next Font Format?
Does anyone here have ideas for what they wish was in OpenType that isn't?I started a wiki page collecting ideas:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_Global_Font_Format_Requirements
View ArticleMaking Windows Fonts Do Something They Shouldn't
Back before there was OpenType, and before Windows had Unicode support, if someone wanted to type text in Georgian or Greek or Armenian, they had to use a special font that printed the glyphs for the...
View ArticleThe Northern Block seeking Font Developer
The Northern Block is seeking an additional Font Developer to join our Font Development Team.The primary role is the development of new and existing fonts to The Northern Block library and also custom...
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Libre Graphics Meeting 2019: call for participation
The Libre Graphics Meeting is coming up in a few months, in Saarbruecken, Germany, May 29 - June 2.Since TypoLabs is not happening this year, I wonder if this might be a good option for people...
View ArticleTypeface localization services
I've had a few type designers contact me in search of clients requiring typeface localization. And I've heard from clients requiring localization for languages beyond my scope. Is there a place where...
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Arabic Unicode normalisation
Most Arabic fonts follow the Unicode normalisation for the 'Allah' ligature FDF2 into 0627 0644 0644 0647. However, in the glyph, generally two additional, separately encoded non-spacing marks, 0651...
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Help needed to condense multiple subs, chained contexts and liga scripts.
Hello, I'm working on some GSUB scripts for a test font. In part, the code substitutes and repositions three glyphs: bar, Capital letter, small letter. But while I've got it working the way I need, I...
View ArticleWindows FontLab 5.2 .vfb to UFO3 converter
This summer I developed a Python package to generate UFO3 instance fonts from a multiple-master .vfb font file within Windows FontLab 5.2. It is available at https://github.com/spiratype/vfb_ufo3. Most...
View ArticleWindows system font setting
Hi,Does anyone know how Windows determines what is a system font and what not?Is this determined on font or os level?Thanks,Artur
View ArticleVTT Version 6.31 release [Nov, 2018 ]
Download is available hereWhat’s new? Version 6.31 [October, 2018 release] The following are the changes since the 6.30 [August, 2018 release] release of VTT: Introduction of “follow gasp” mode where...
View Articleknow very useful site???
Hi guysAnyone know the link to that site that lists all possible pairs of a glyph???I had it in the favorites only that I lost and I can not remember the name
View ArticleAnfíbia - new display font
Hello! It is the second time I come post my job here for analysis, this latter is also derived from the design shown here. In this new typeface left the art nouveau influences more explicit in Cap,...
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Brush plugin for Glyphs now on Kickstarter
The campaign is running check it out<evangelist intro> Dear type designers, hear the truth of skeletons. They are revealing from the closets to your favourite type-design software. The world of...
View Article.glif to .svg conversion?
Hey typecoders,I've been looking to extract some glyph outlines from a font and output them as SVGs. I saw some fontTools examples for the reverse action, using a fontTools pen to write SVG...
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