My Fonts Promotion Bug
Hi,I reported a major bug to MyFonts with promotion visibility already in December 2014 (yes 5 years ago).There are days where the reduced price (wich is shown in red in the upper-right corner) is not...
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Please Help Identify
I have been searching for possible typefaces based on this lettering. This a 1941 Masters Tournament handout. I feel that the lettering is done by hand, but based on some type of stencil or lettering...
View ArticleTypeCon 2019 Call for Programming
In case you missed it:The TypeCon 2019 Call for Programming is now OPEN! TypeCon 2019Minneapolis, MN USAAugust 28th – September 1st, 2019TypeCon is one of the largest and most diverse US events for...
View Article2019 SOTA Catalyst Award call for Entries
Attention individuals age 25 or younger:The 2019 SOTA Catalyst Award Call for Entries is open!http://www.typesociety.org/catalyst/call/Each year, The Society of Typographic Aficionados recognizes an...
View ArticleRosetta hiring a Font Engineer (part time) and Studio Manager (full time)
https://www.rosettatype.com/blog/2019/02/13/Jobs-at-Rosetta
View ArticlePrinter recommendations for proofing?
What printer would you recommend for proofing purposes, today? $500 or under would be nice since I'm an independent designer. Ideally, the minimum requirements would be: - true 1200 dpi, - Adobe...
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Uneven lowercase at low resolution
Here is the screenshot of the typeface I am working on. At 19px size and lower, lowercase start to "dance". Tops and bottoms are uneven, like they have a different baseline/x-height. I don't know...
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How Glyph Level PS Hints actually work?
Let's say we have a capital H with glyph level PS hints defined as on the image below. The question is how these hints communicate with the rasterizer in order to accomplish gridfitting. In other...
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Self-ref - a special purpose serif font
Hello,I have created a special purpose font for my project. I do this forboredom and curiosity. I'm new to font design. By profession, I'm aprogrammer. I also do lot of photography and like visual...
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Stumped by Word 2011 Mac again...
Just when I feel like I have a full grasp of tackling font naming for Word 2011 Mac, I'm thrown a curve ball...I usually master typefaces with Reg, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic style linked, and then any...
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Working title "Exactica"
Hi all, I've been working on this idea I had about combining a strict grid with rules for radia; from a few specified ones, a radius is chosen based on the specific situation (end of stroke, lowercase...
View ArticleBlueValues and BlueScale in Private Dictionary
After I created superior and inferior numbers (not originally present) in a font to handle fractions, I receive the message:`Alignement zone height in BlueValues/OtherBlues array is too big for...
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First full sans family - A little criticism please
Hello All! Long time listener, first-time caller (Sorry, I couldn't resist).A little about myself, I am a designer/art director with nearly 20 years of experience. Throughout my career, I've always...
View ArticleThe return over investment (ROI) of custom fonts
Yesterday I've had a conversation with the CFO of a major design agency in Brazil and he brought some thoughtful questions on why is it good business for many companies to have a custom typeface...
View ArticleSpace character in Arabic and Latin fonts
We have a problem we struggled with for many years without success and face now one more time, I am hoping that someone on the list may have a solution.For fonts that have both Arabic and Latin scripts...
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Setting fractions
In setting the fractions, I note that generally the fonts have an absolute symmetry in the general dimensions, even at the cost of setting up different kernings. In the image that I attach (this is the...
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FontLab VI now shipping
FontLab VI is here! Unleash your type design creativity with FontLab VI, our ultra bold font editor. Design and edit glyphs more easily than ever, draw multi-color fonts, or make variable fonts. Type...
View ArticleLine gap on web/desktop fonts (Adobe Fonts/Typekit)
Before, when Typekit was just webfonts, they used to set the font line gap to zero.Nowadays, the fonts are used for desktop as well – does this mean that this practice has stopped?
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Regis, a new serif font
Hello everybody.First, a little about me: I’m an undergraduate student at McGill University. I have been interested in type design for quite a while, but this is my first serious endeavor towards...
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