Extending GSUB of existing font using features file
I have an existing font (.ttf or as dumped .ttx) that I want to extend with additional GSUB rules. I wanted to work with an AFDKO feature file, so I created a UFO, and filled a features.fea with my...
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Elstob: a Fell-based font
First a bit about me: I’m a professor of English medieval literature, fascinated since the 1980s by all things to do with type and lettering—both because paleography is a significant part of what I do...
View ArticleRussian font sales
Lately I've received more requests than usual from Russian design agencies seeking to purchase font licenses. They usually explain that they're unable to go through US retailers such as Fonts.com,...
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Overbold: Ignoring Eric Gill's Advice
So this illustration from Eric Gill's Essay on Typography recently showed up on my Twitter stream. In it, Gill shows that there is a limit to the boldness of classical serif typeface, since making the...
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Komik Ohne: A casual brush-pen blackletter
Here's something I've been doodling with my brush pens for a while now. I'm getting to the point where I like it enough to commit some type work to it to see where it might lead. I'm pretty bad at...
View ArticlePirated fonts being sold on Etsy
People are selling fonts on Etsy. Many are free fonts simply resold as commercial releases at rock bottom prices. I’ve seen some free fonts being sold by multiple Etsy sellers. In some cases they’re...
View ArticleWhat is the best platform for the distribution of free fonts ?
For a long time I have used DeviantArt for the distribution of my free fonts but recently DeviantArt has introduced changes to it's website. It is moving to a new design for the website called...
View ArticleBank Gothic Variable Font / FontLab VI
I am doing a revival and massive extension of the 1930s classic Bank Gothic, for Google Fonts. Because of the tight timeline, I need help! I am interested in getting maybe one more person working on...
View ArticleTwo dummy questions about Unicode
Two little curiosities about what makes up the Unicode standard.1) Why are there glyphs like <o + tilde + acute>, but not <o + tilde + grave>? True that. if necessary, you can create and...
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Misalignment of subscript
I am proceeding to work on my font, also thanks to the competent help of this forum.Now, I think I have set metric values if they are not perfect, at least such as to produce an acceptable...
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Question: Why are foot serifs cupped?
Hello! I am a bit of a lurker on TypeDrawers, but I thought I'd try to make my first post.I have a question about foot serifs that are cupped, as in the sample image below.I have read several different...
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Native Hungarian speakers: in handwriting, how do you distinguish the umlaut...
> Do you elongate it, do you depend on context, or is it something else?
View ArticleLe Romain du Roi
According to Wikipedia, Le Romain du Roi was first used in Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand. A copy of this work is available from archive.org...
View Articlefavourite sources for metal type research
Hello!I'm aware that some of you do their research on old type by going into archives. Furthermore there are possibilities to see rar type specimens on platforms like archive.org. Admittedly I feel a...
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Arabic Design Contest
Dear Friends,You are cordially invited to design one Arabic font to win our tool, namely "QalamBartar" shown at and elaborated at https://ahmedgraf.com/2018/06/12/qalam-bartar/ plus a number of unique...
View ArticleHelp with LTSH and VDMX tables.
Sorry to bother, but I was wondering if anyone could help. I'm relatively new to type design, I've only been at for like 8 months and self taught, there's much I don't know. I thought I had finally...
View Article"... a variable font empirically shown to significantly improve...
The latest addition to Google Fonts claims to improve readability, based on a single study of 20 children.https://thomasjockin.github.io/lexend/
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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 ArticleA little curiosity about two German legatures
It is known that in German the pair <ch> and <ck> must not be separated.With the 1996 spelling reform, we no longer accept that <ck> can be separated (becoming <k | k>).Now,...
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