Precomposed fractions — waste of time and space?
In a quick peek through MyFonts, I was only able to find a handful of foundries that provide precomposed fractions. Are they considered obsolete, kind of like /ldot and /napostrophe?
View ArticleMyFonts Font Platform Name Issue
I used the myfonts font platform for the first time today, with knot in stomach, dreading it. Of course I ran into a problem immediately. My font family has two fonts "Font Name Regular" and "Font...
View ArticlePrebase consonants in the USE
Microsoft's USE guide says this: (emphasis mine) Cases which require reordering should use the 'pref' feature to identify the glyph or glyphs that is or are to be reordered. Rather, the font designer...
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Rounded Cyrillic M
I've been wondering whether this design, three vertical stems with rounded apices, would be good for the Cyrillic capital and small letters Em (М м). Latin Mm followed by Cyrillic in all samples.The...
View ArticleA string of marks
Hi, I'm new to this forum! I hope this is the right category for this question. I'm using the Glyphs app and am making a couple of fonts, nearly finished but a few complications to overcome. Help much...
View ArticleWhat is sharp S
Andreas Stötzner said: it's a long s - s ligaturejust for the record: it isn’t.I do not want to hijack this conversation with that matter. @Andreas Stötzner You meant that today it's a letter in its...
View ArticleTypedesign and Indonesia
Sincerely I hope that this question wouldn't offend anyone, especially the Serbia I'm coming from isn't famous for anything similar, but I noticed a big boom of Indonesian releases on MyFonts. There...
View ArticleErrors in MyFont Font Platform
After uploading my latest font to the font platform, I got some error messages in the, will it install on mac section:Your font may have serious errors. Please check your font files.Family name:...
View ArticleCopying bitmaps issue after updates
I had been working with an older non-cloud version of Photoshop CS5 and Fontlab Studio 5.1.2 on an iMac with El Capitan for the last few years. Just this week I updated to Fontlab 5.1.6 and updated my...
View ArticleFont Testdriver?
Hey Gang!So after a ton of work on a Wordpress site for Font Diner, I was slapped in the face with the reality that Woo Commerce is an SEO turd and in turn have decided to start over using Shopify...
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‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil
In the exquisite setting of the Museum Plantin-Moretus the Inside/Outside exhibition, organized by the Plantin Institute of Typography, was opened on Saturday 17 May 2014. The exhibition comprises work...
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(attempt at) a true reverse contrast Roman
Hello everyone,Since this is my first time posting here, I'll start with a quick introduction. I've been into lettering and calligraphy for a couple of years, teaching myself this noble craft best I...
View ArticleA little curiosity about COMBINIG GRAPHEME JOINER
In the glyphs table, at uni034F, there is COMBINIG GRAPHEME JOINER.From Wikipedia I learn that it «is a Unicode character that has no visible glyph and is "default ignorable"».So, how is to to be...
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New logo
Hey. So i'm designing my new "personal" logo. I have my "Sendoushi" but as time goes by I think I rather have a personal website with what I do be it programming, something creative and that is what...
View ArticleLayered fonts: layer suffix in family name or style name?
For layered fonts, what is the most common and preferrable naming scheme?Foobar-Regular, Foobar-Bold, Foobar-RegularShadow, Foobar-BoldShadowFoobar-Regular, Foobar-Bold, FoobarShadow-Regular,...
View ArticleWho designed Prestige Elite?
Who designed IBM’s Prestige Elite? Linotype.com and Bitstream say Clayton Smith. Adobe and URW say Howard Kettler. Linotype at MyFonts says both. Unfortunately, all other online sources, including...
View ArticleStylistic Sets — have to be consecutive?
Is it too strange to allocate stylistic sets 1–13 + 18–20, leaving 14–17 reserved for future use? I'm also thinking about compatibility of sets between members of a family that differ in available...
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Codename "Gouda" (1920's pastiche, more or less)
Kind of a mix of Goudy and Dwiggins shapes in the roman in some ways, fairly narrow and spindly. Looks much less so now than it used to, but I can’t think of a better codename. It seems to work well...
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First Font - Thoughts/advice needed
Hi all,This is my first attempt at font design. It's a geometric sans-serif font based on some Modernist fonts. So far, I've created a full latin glyph set with 7 weights (Thin, Light, Regular,...
View ArticleChoosing typefaces for redesign - behind the scenes
Designer Frank Chimero is redesigning his personal website and is posting about the process, with a few sections dedicated to type:https://frankchimero.com/blog/2019/redesign/I find a behind-the-scenes...
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