The Widest Letters
I am preparing to update a page on my web site which talks about a pet fantasy of mine: modifying the IBM Electronic Composer so that it could also accept typewriter elements, and even the elements for...
View ArticleFontLab Studio and High Sierra
I’ve run into a serious issue with FontLab Studio (build 5714) after upgrading to High Sierra -- everything seems to work fine *except* the ability to paste or append glyphs (which is fairly crucial)....
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A question about the Greek Tonos
The tonos is used in the Greek script to denote stressed vowels. It is placed above some lower case letters and to the top left of the same upper case letters.Is the placement to the top left of upper...
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Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
A few years ago, I was first hit by the creative urge to make a faithful sans companion to Garamond — not just another humanist sans tipping its hat to the old master, but a sans that really was...
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Getting the slant right
This is a bit of a mess-about project (I'm calling it Plastic Wrap) but I can't seem to get it looking how I want - I keep slanting some of the letters backwards and forwards to try to get them to...
View ArticleFontLab 6.1.4 update released
Just in time for Easter, FontLab has just released a 6.1.4 update for FontLab VI. Thanks to the many FontLab users who have made suggestions and reported bugs!As usual, there is a lengthy list of small...
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Why is my font ugly
Hi guys, I'm working on a sans font made to go with a font of mine called Larkspur.It's really ugly and i don't know why. I cant get the shape of the bowls right, especially in bdpq.I know that the...
View ArticleAnnouncing Volto : open source .vtp to.fea converter
We're pleased to anmounce the release of Volto, an open source project to convert MS VOLT .vtp sources to AFDKO .fea syntax. Volto was developed for us by Khaled Ghetas. See documentation for details...
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Suggestion: Stop pre-blocking users. Trust flagging and moderaters.
I have discussed this a while back directly with @Stephen Coles, who was unsure about changing the policy for “existing members and the expectations they had when they dedicated themselves to the...
View ArticleHiding posts from specific users
My TypeDrawers experience would be improved by the ability to hide all posts from specific users. While I can take commonsense measures to avoid seeing these folks' content, I'd prefer to automate the...
View ArticleChanges To Reactions Redux
In an effort to simplify things, the reactions have been changed. “Like”, “Off Topic”, and “Vote Down” have been removed and “Abuse” has been added. Our hope is that this will streamline things.Posts...
View ArticleWhat is CMAP table Unicode/Encoding ID=10?
Would anyone have a clue what Encoding ID 10 is for the Unicode platform (pid=0)?I have 30 fonts out of a set of 1,894 Open Source fonts that have format 12 (Segmented Coverage) 'cmap' tables of with...
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 ArticleThomas Phinney leaving FontLab
So, I am leaving FontLab so I can take on more detective work, and do some other fun things.(Suggestions for other fun things welcome.)https://www.thomasphinney.com/2019/04/career-change/
View ArticleDefinition of penmanship
Hi, I'm working on an academic paper and at this point, I'm facing a problem to properly explain the meaning of the word penmanship in Portuguese. It's not difficult to find some direct translation to...
View ArticleUnicode 1.0 Semantics
The OT spec defines encoding ID 0 for the Unicode Platform (PID=0) as "Unicode 1.0 semantics". If I'm writing a 'name' table with an entry for PID=0 / EID=0, how would I encode (or, more to the point,...
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Baguettes ... early days
This is Baguettes (working title).It's the first work I've felt confident enough to show you all. My key question: am I heading the right direction, please?Plenty of books say that you should make sure...
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Vertical Metrics or Scaling within the same UPM and Printed Appearance
The last paragraph holds the question, and the preceding ones hold background information leading to it. I have been a bit reluctant to ask this question as I feel that the answer I’m missing is going...
View ArticleHistorical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th...
As most of those I am acquainted with probably know, athough I never stopped being involved and passionate about it, de facto I have been away from actual typeface design for some years. Now I have...
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