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Polish: the ł_ł ligature revisited
This matter has been puzzling me for quite some time.I don’t know if this has been discussed previously nor do I know how many font makers care about the ligature łł for Polish. In my opinion it is an...
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Windows 10 Mark (Diacritic) Issue
I am facing a problem in Windows 10, as it is not substituting 3~4 Diacritics on one base character, and also not replacing the Long shape of Initial as required. This feature and substitution is...
View Articlezz## OpenType features
I’ve noticed that a fairly large number of non-Latin fonts contain feature tags of the form 'zz##', but these are not listed in the OpenType feature registry. I gather these have something to do with...
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Minimal Geometric Lettering
Hi all. I'm working on a lettering project just for fun, and I wanted a little critique on this. I haven't done any optical correction yet (is it necessary?) and I have had troubles with the /S and /@,...
View ArticleNaming, grouping conventions for large family
I have a condensed type family with nine weights in each of three widths.I'll be releasing the entire thing as one large variable font and as individual fonts. In addition, it seems to make sense to...
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Hinting issues in Adobe Apps
Hello there,I'm struggling to make hinting work in Adobe apps and I wonder if any of you had similar issues. It's sans serif typeface, produced with Glyphs to TTF with components. I took on from that...
View ArticleWeapon of choice
Hi everyoneI would like to know what do you use to design type on your computer?Do you you use a regular mouse or any other, like a gamer mouse?Do you prefer to use a tablet and a pen?Let me know!I'm...
View ArticleFontForge scripts (Tools menu)
@AbrahamLee I've seen you've had some success making this work on Windows, following this I got the example from the docs to show up in the menu but it doesn't run. Anyway, trying to run any Python...
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Arrowwood
I've been working on a logo for a friend's company called Arrowwood Healthcare Consulting.Rather than using an existing font, I've drawn the letters myself.If you have any comments, I'd like to hear,...
View ArticlePlacing tone marks
I'm making a typeface with an opportunity to place a tone mark for stress on syllable. In cyrillics it's usually an acute, but what glyph exactly acutecmb or acutetonemark? Also how that will work with...
View ArticleOptical fonts
About optical fonts. There are some fonts that present more series of glyphs, divided by optical ranges ranges (generally three or four). For example:Caption = {-8.9}Text = {8.9-14.9}Subhead =...
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Foreign titles in Turkish small caps
This is a useless one, here it goes:How to set a foreign quote within Turkish text in small caps: Turkish dotted/dotless i scheme, or the foreign language's scheme?I.e.,orI am mildly aware I might be...
View ArticleRywalka – a condensed sans, explored and extended
Following the thread about the S-shaped question mark, I hereby submit my project to your always helpful critique.I am currently developing two cuts: Narrow and Wide, from which I plan to interpolate...
View ArticleHelp Needed - Trying to understand the typeface research and purchasing process
I’m trying to better understand the typeface research and purchasing process. It’s a new world for me and unfortunately, I don’t have very many personal contacts who are able to advise me. I’ve put...
View ArticleMonotype to be Acquired
https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/26/iconic-font-company-monotype-is-getting-acquired-by-pe-firm-hggc-for-825m/
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Automated kerning by word image discrimination
Many of you know I have been obsessed with the idea of automated spacing and kerning for the past couple of years, and in particular trying to train a neural network to kern a font. A few weeks ago,...
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MSWord 2016 Digit Printing Issue
I am facing issue in Windows 10 (MS Word 2016) in printing a circle Ornament around Arabic Digits. It is displaying correctly in MS Word as required, but when I print it or make a PDF it just Print the...
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Can Fontlab 6 or Glyphs import .fea or .mmg from MM?
I'm looking if Glyphs or FL6 are able to import already made groups and kerning with .fea and .mmg files
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Font Metrics & Point Size
Hey, Here's a potentially silly question I have for you all...In one of the typefaces I'm working on, I realized that the same point size is by default bigger than (almost) every other typeface I...
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