svg fonts
Could someone enlighten me about svg fonts please.How much support do they have – is it the future?And Is it possible to have each glyph as a high res image?Thanks!
View ArticleSomebody Agrees with Hrant about Black-Letter
...about something I had imagined that hardly anyone would agree with him about. (His views on the importance of cultural authenticity, I believe, are widely shared these days.)And it isn't just anyone...
View Article[otvar] Computing width for text in variable webfonts
I have been working on a new hyphenation-and-justification engine for variable fonts; you can find the code here and also view a demo site. But I've come across a problem I don't know how to solve.It...
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CSS Working Group agrees to add a whole lotta Math
https://twitter.com/bdc/status/1100921258839953408"The CSS Working Group agreed this morning on adding many math functions. We now have:• calc()• min()• max()• clamp()• sin()• cos()• tan()• acos()•...
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Font metrics settings for desktop and web fonts
Hi there,I would like to know if this classic approach to font metrics settings for desktop is still considered to be valid. Are you still using this scheme? How do you adapt it for webfonts?In...
View ArticleInternal leading in vertical metrics. Is it necessary?
Preface: I'm aware of the many strategies out there for determining vertical font metrics, including how to account for some default leading, so know that my question isn't about the *how*. It's more...
View ArticleRobofont or Glyphs for Type design
Hello Everyone, I am new to using a fully functional font editor and was wondering which one would be the best bet to start with. Robofont or Glyphs?
View ArticleNot able to upload fonts on Prosper (MyFonts)
Hi,I am trying to submit fonts to MyFonts on Prosper. The native font validator shows error that fonts cannot be Installed on MacOSx/MacOS" and shows message "Your font may have serious errors. Please...
View ArticleGeranium : inspired from Venetians
Hi,This is my first post here. I am not professional typedrawer nor I have the ambition to become that. I did my career in horticulture and botany, with the rose and its history and botany as a...
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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 ArticleLooking for advice with Cyrillic locl feature
Hello,I'm looking for advice.I'm working on font that contains Cyrillic characters and I'm having issue with locl feature.There would be 3 Cyrillic sets: Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian.Default Cyrillic...
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Never Mind Starling
I was looking at a digital copy of the 1908 Stephenson Blake specimen book in its Canadian edition.Their Lining Old Style No. 5 looked... rather familiar.Maybe there are aspects in which it is greatly...
View ArticleIs the Type Directors Club on a retro trip?
Hope Sans – The Type Directors Club Typeface Design Competition Winner. I’m aware that calling it a “retro trip” may be controversial. After all, virtually all typeface designs in this century are...
View ArticleNew typefoundry specialized in Scripts
Dear friends of lettering and typedesign,After 20 years of commercial logotype «production», I’m planning to establish a new typefoundry next year, spezialised in «Scriptfonts» Before I started as a...
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FWIW Figma is sensitive to typolinegap
A client asked me to investigate the different behavior of text between Sketch and Figma, when text is centered vertically.The font I had to test had a typolinegap value set. When I made a quick test...
View ArticleWhat are some inexpensive methods for font marketing?
I am an amateur type designer, and have just published a font. I’m not doing this full-time, so it’s more of a side-gig. Now, what are some simple methods of promoting the font online? I don’t have a...
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.
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MyFonts backlog
Sorry for the personal question, but I have posted a new font on MF for black friday last year and it still has not gotten through. Anybody else experiencing too much backlog? is there EVER a time new...
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Hello All!
Previous long time lurker and finally decided to get an account.As for me, I'm a self-taught (yup, another one of those ), writer, artist, musician, designer etc. who got into fonts because I thought...
View ArticlePhinney’s TheFontDetective.com
Because there are always more forgeries, disputed point sizes, and bad typography, I have been forced to create a web site to promote my font detective services. https://thefontdetective.comI have been...
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