VTT 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 ArticleInspiration for Times New Roman
Interesting tweet from Prof. Alice Roberts. Does this have any merit?https://twitter.com/theAliceRoberts/status/1169602172365025280
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Glyph Collector
During the first semester of the current school year, KABK-LetterStudio student Gábor Kerekes programmed a small nifty tool in the context of the ‘1001 ways to digitize type’ module, named Glyph...
View ArticleLicensing for Canva?
Today, I received a technical support request for one of my fonts: the user had trouble uploading the font to Canva. Now, this was the first I heard about Canva, a simple online graphic design suite...
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Morethan Just Font
Hey guys!My name is Stan. I am a graphic designer, and I work with fonts every day during the twelve years. And one time I have thought that I can try and create a simple font myself. But I don’t have...
View ArticleWindows doesn't use bitmaps embedded in .TTF/.OTF (FontForge)
I'm trying to add embedded bitmaps to my outline (vector) font. It's essentially a 'pixelfont' that is supposed to have a 1:1 "pixel perfect" representation at a size of 12px (which is 9pt, on my...
View Articleblend tool fontlab
in fontlab 5 there was the blend tool for easy interpolation. can't find this in fontlab 6 or FL6-help. how does this work now? i am not familiar with MM or variable fonts. any comments?
View ArticleThe M formula...
The M formula, William A. Dwiggins, Orphaned work, authorization by University of Kentucky Librarieshttp://reader.lgru.net/texts/the-m-formula/Interesting read... presented here for discussion.
View ArticleHow to add name table entries with FontTools?
I'd like to manipulate name table data in a number of generated font files. So far I discovered how to access (and manipulate) name table entries that are already defined in the file: from fontTools...
View ArticleHow many glyphs sequence can an OpenType lookup/feature include?
As we are working on a text editing application, that supports OpenType features for the text.While the user is typing inside a paragraph we must do Re-analysis of the surrounding text cause of this...
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Drawing the movement: Nelly Gable's book on punchcutting
I would like to stress here the importance of Nelly Gable's book Drawing the movement. Cutting the type punch. It's simply the most important reference / manual on punchcutting available at the moment...
View ArticleZero width joiner can be omitted from GSUB?
It looks like Chrome ignores zero width joiners (u200D) in GSUB rules, while Edge needs them to present.If the sequence is A u200D B then the following works in Chrome:sub A' B by C;But not in Edge. It...
View ArticleReviving Type
A book on the calibration of mind and eye, to be presented at ATypI 2019 Tokyo: https://www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/8890-reviving-type-1
View Articlehello typedrawers,
i like seeing you all are into lettering/type and do appreciate all your splendid help and activities.though i am here since 2015, i hadn’t make much conversation yet. this is mainly because i am not...
View ArticleModified font (vs Custom font) pricing and licensing
I have read through some previous discussions about custom fonts and quotes (all quite helpful), but I don't recall a specific mention of pricing a "modified" font for clients (as opposed to a...
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Typography Summer School (University of Antwerp)
For those who cannot attend the ATypI Tokyo conference: Typography Summer School at the University of Antwerp from 2 till 6 September 2019. An intensive 5-day program on the value of research for a...
View ArticleGSUB: replace by nothing, a.k.a. deleting a glyph.
Is there some way to do the following? lookup ccmp { sub A B' C by []; } ccmp;Where the orginal glyph for B is simply removed. Or in other words, replaced by nothing. I tried leaving out the "by"...
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...
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Reason for this kind of double quotation marks
Hello,I was wondering why the closing double quotation mark of courier looks wrong to me. I heard that type writer fonts based on the original letters of type writer machines are using " for opening...
View ArticlePreferred outline type in 2019 for webfonts and browser compatibility?
I'm curious what the current advice is on whether TT or PS outlines are preferred for webfonts nowadays.Years ago the advice was to use TT outlines (based on body text hinting on Windows GDI +...
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