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FontCreator with OpenType Layout Feature Proofing
OpenType layout features can become very hard to maintain, especially with fonts supporting complex scripts. I’ve occasionally spent way too much time figuring out why a font failed to display...
View ArticlePrinter for proofing
Hi everyone, I'm a type design student that's looking into buying his first printer for proofs.At school we print on a quite sharp Xerox Phaser 5550, but since I'll be working from home for the...
View ArticleTypography Videos (Website)
Hey everyoneHere is a website that I've created with some feedback from TypeDrawers.Right now there's a lot of conferences and type related videos (+70 videos an I have a ton to...
View ArticleWork hygene
What kind of tips and tricks can you share about keeping the eyes healthy and perception accurate? I am working on an italic and the monitor appears skewed, so I thought there may be good reason to...
View ArticleOnline EULA workshop - covid19 quarantine special
Always wished you'd taken my EULA workshop? If 12-24 people sign up I'll do it next week - time tbd - via google hangouts. Don't worry about your timezone, we'll find a way to make it work once we...
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TT points at extrema: off-curve OK?
So, I know the importance of points at extrema for rendering of PS outlines.For TT outlines, I was surprised to see the construction shown below used for a circle, because the points controlling the...
View ArticleAdobe Creative Cloud - Now Allowing YOUR Fonts to be Added!
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/add-your-fonts-to-creative-cloud.html
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How to best give access to special characters in a font
Is there consensus or best practice on how to best access special characters (like arrows or numbers in circles) in a font? I couldn’t find anything so I implemented something my own way with...
View ArticleThat Variable Fonts playground that had playback buttons next to axis sliders
I tried Googling for it, it was basically similar to v-fonts.com, and had a cool yet elusive name.Has it been taken down?
View ArticleEn dash = width of n?
Is there a British tradition of making the en dash the width of n? I am reviewing a British book and I don’t want to assume the author is wrong if this is just a British thing.
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OpenType in video software
1. Why is OpenType support so, so, so poor (i.e., non-existent) in Non-Linear Editing Systems? (Premiere*, Final Cut “Pro” , DaVinci Resolve, I reckon also Vegas and Avid?)* Correct me if I'm wrong,...
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GFS Heraklit
Hello everyone, I'd like to share a new font which has been in the works for a while now. GFS Heraklit, to be released soon by the Greek Font Society, is a digital revival of Hermann Zapf's "Heraklit",...
View ArticleRegion Specific Subsets (Noto / CJK)
Noto offers region-specific subsets of Noto Sans and Noto Serif for the supported regions (HK, JP, KR, SC, TC). However, those subsets are not available for NotoSansMono (see...
View ArticleModeration Team Changes
Hi, Everyone! As some of you may know, one of our moderators, @Dyana Weissman , is refocusing her energy on her home life. As such, she has decided to step back from moderation duties here at...
View ArticleMeet the Moderators
Moderation is something that should be done, well, in moderation. Our hope is that you, the users of TypeDrawers, continue to hold enriching discussions while keeping the rules in mind. However, there...
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Would someone please help me with my slab serif?
Hello typographersI am a hobbyist dabbling into illustration and graphic design and I am trying now for the first time to design a typeface. I'm doing a slab serif roughly inspired by the Proteus...
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Liter Grotesque
Hello everyone 🙌🏻!My name is Anton Skugarov. I am an interface designer. I decided in my free time from the main work, for self-education, to design a font.The task for myself was formed as follows —...
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Why is this hard to read?
I took a stab at drawing the name 'Augusta' – however, people are having a hard time reading the Au-part.Do you have ideas as to what I should change to make it more readable?Also, what's your opinion...
View ArticleText Samples for Each Script?
Been struggling to assemble a set of test / specimen text samples that cover the set of Unicode scripts. Might be a useful resource for font developers.I'm not looking for an exhaustive character set...
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Caslon's Pica Gothic
Can anyone help me locate this script geographically, historically and linguistically? The Y looks Hebrewish, the E and U are vaguely uncial/lombardic, there is a Phi character, ... It must have...
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