Math symbols placement
Hi everybody!I was wondering to hear any thoughts on aligning math symbols to the middle of figure vs x-height, what makes more sense? Or other solutions like in-between positioning or contextual...
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Introduction & gifts
Hi I've just found out about this community from someone here. I'm not a real type designer but I’m spending some of my isolation exploring new concepts, and I wanted to share a something fun I did...
View ArticleNot possible to add a link to a post
Earlier today, when editing a post (before I was able to post it), I have been blocked four times. The following message appeared each of those four times: SORRY, YOU’VE BEEN BLOCKEDYou are unable to...
View ArticleBooks/methods for learning calligraphy
I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a book on traditional calligraphy technique that could be used for self-directed study and practice. I'm a type designer, primarily, so I'm not looking...
View ArticleGeorgian
Hope you're all well and staying healhty. Can you recommend Georgian type designers who could help with consultancy work?Many thanks
View Article"Class 0" in GSUB/GPOS
The spec says:A font developer can assign any glyph to any class, each identified with an integer called a class value. A Class Definition table (ClassDef) groups glyph indices by class, beginning with...
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.
View ArticleLettering gig opportunities
Hello all,I have tried most ways I knew about in the last couple of years to get lettering gigs oversees but all I find is drawing on a chalkboard for local businesses, and this is not so common over...
View ArticleEcofont, really?
Remember Ecofont? I just realized they now offer this dubious product as a subscription service. It’s hard to believe this is real, but maybe I’m too cynical?
View ArticleVertical Metrics redundancy
What if your typeface has ascenders the same height as caps?How about x-height: what if your typeface is all caps with both cases identical?Is there any problem with entering the same value in each...
View ArticleThe selfless butterfly. Or: Using and avoiding ligatures.
Sharing this interesting read by Christopher Bergmann, of isoletters.https://www.isoglosse.de/2020/04/the-selfless-butterfly-or-using-and-avoiding-ligatures/
View ArticleDiscretionary Ligatures: more than only one lookup
I noticed that in some fonts two different lookups are used for discretionary ligatures. In some ones, a distinction is made between "Discretionary Legatures" at all and "Discretionary Legatures in...
View ArticleChess Diagram Characters
Many of you may be aware of the three commercial Chess fonts offered by Alpine Electronics, Hastings, Linares, and Zurich.Others of you may be aware of fonts available freely from such designers as...
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Natural Condensed Display
Hello guys!I am a brand designer with an incredible admiration for typography so for a project I'm working on right now, for an Interior design studio, I decided to take a stab at my first typeface...
View ArticleDesigning a shorthand font with FontForge
Hello,I don’t know how many of you have subscribed to the FontForge mailing list where I’ve already asked those questions (but haven’t received the answers I need yet), so I apologize in advance if...
View ArticleOnline courses
Hi everyone,Over the last year or so I've been dedicating some time to learning type design. Most of this has been done in isolation, either through online tutorials like lynda/linkedin learning, or...
View ArticleGSUB lookup processing: only ever one action?
I should know this, but I'm not finding this clearly specified in the OpenType spec. It does say this (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/chapter2#lookupTbl):"During text...
View ArticleSupport for polytonic Greek
Most fonts that include Greek glyphs simply contain them and contain, if they support polythonic Greek, all glyphs with diacritics as well. So, for example, a capital letter eta with the signed iota...
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Where is anchor information stored (FontForge)?
Hello,I created several anchor classes (to apply cursive positioning to my font), but ended up using only one class. Yet in the anchor menu, I still see the old anchor classes I want to get rid of, as...
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What is best practise in variable font development?
I am working on my first type family. It has one axis (weight) and for now two masters (thin and black). I draw about 80% of the set (draft quality) and before stepping into the finalization phase I...
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