Latinized Greek
A Brazilian pianist has an extensive series of videos on YouTube, which contain nice music.In his latest video, he is accompanied by a flautist, who has included a message of love in the video (where...
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Cedilla design options - Verdana style
I know this has been discussed in some ways before, but I've run across another cedilla design that I wasn't as familiar with in Verdana. It's almost like a flip of the ogonek (sorry for the small...
View Articlemodern text font without kerning or with just a few kerning pairs
Helllo,Do you know a modern text font that isn’t using kerning pairs at all? Or maybe just a very very few?
View ArticleNew Prosper issue: Winding Directions
So..... Still trying to upload a font to Myfonts using Prosper. I managed to upload one, faking all WinAscent and WinDescent values. Now I have a brush font that won't upload because the 'winding...
View ArticleHelp with quick python script!
Hi everyone,I'm in need of help, I'm using Flab 6-7 and need to automatically set the starting point in several glyphs and their masters.There is an option in "contours"–"set starting point" but if i...
View ArticleAutomatic "Smart Metrics" introduced
Just saw this post come up for automatic "Smart Metrics" (spacing and kerning) in Fontself Maker. They make some notes about there being an art to it still and potential need for manual adjustments,...
View ArticlePrecomposed 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 ArticleAdobe predefinite slot for some glyphs and PUA
Adobe provides slots for: 1) oldstyle figures (from uniF730 to uniF739); 2) small caps (from uniF761 to uniF77A); 3) ligatures (from uniFB00 to uniFB06).However in most fonts those glyphs are freely...
View ArticleAbout German Eszett
In German Eszett exists in fact only in lowercase. However there is another slot for the capital Eszett (uni1E9E, Latin Capital Letter Sharp S), although I do not know that any use is made of it.My...
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Synthium Display
Hello everyone!I'm a graphic designer, currently working at an agency in the DC Area. I've been in the field since 2015. My interest in type design was sparked in college and since then I've been...
View ArticleWorkflow and Versioning
Hello everyone,I've just started out in type design seriously a couple of months ago and I want to improve and adapt a certain workflow when it comes to designing type.I'm already using...
View ArticleP22 Releases "Savage Impressions"
Special appreciation to the people who produced this gorgeous book on Independent Press. Davis Arms, James Grieshaber, Rich Kegler, Bruce Leicher,Karen Nielsen Liecher, and David McNamara deserve high...
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OTM 8 Sneak Preview
Version 8 of DTL OTMaster, the release of which is scheduled for the end of spring 2020, contains quite a few additional nifty functions, including:– ‘Side by Side Viewer’ Update– TrueType Collection...
View Articlecontrol characters in name table
What control characters are allowed or considered so in the name table. e.g. The description and license field might contain line breaks and tabs. Should that be windows or Mac line line endings?
View ArticleBack to typography but... Software?
Hey. I haven't designed type for around 10 years. At that time I was working with Fontlab 5 and it seemed enough for me with some caveats (interpolation, auto hinting.. and so on). Coming back to the...
View ArticleAnyone have experience with font rendering in JavaFX??
The developers here have chosen to use JavaFX as part of a product UI update. The problem is that the font rendering is... weird and awful. Our software is almost entirely text based communication...
View ArticleDreaming of a new feature syntax
I have recently been looking both at some complex fonts and at the possibility of programmatically manipulating features at a high level, and it has left me feeling like there could be some ways that...
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Non-linear or higher-order interpolation (HOI)
Hello there,Following a discussion in this thread, I thought it would make sense to create a new thread on the topic of non-linear interpolation.The principle is explained very nicely (I think) by...
View ArticleVTT assembly code
Looking at the sample font included with VTT, I come across some code that is not immediately obvious to me, and I couldn't find documentation for it anywhere.I know you can turn pre-push optimization...
View ArticleLong font names
Hi all,I'm thinking about naming a family I'm finishing up, and have some concerns over the name length. I've read once in an unrelated thread here that a name should "ideally" be shorter than 31...
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