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The Future of Font Naming: is it still unethical to use the same font name?
Hi everyone.I've looked for this topic, but I think it's not started yet, so here I am.Due to the rapidly growing numbers of fonts out there, I thought that we are already run out of font names,...
View ArticleTime to Leave Creative Market - Default Font License Now Grants Unlimited...
Well it's been fun Creative Market but any requests for sanity have now fallen on deaf ears as this organization now hellbent on running the font industry into the ground.Meet the NEW Desktop License...
View ArticleHow can small designers' fonts ever sell successfully?
Hi !I'm a designer starting out. So let's say I work hard on a font - I nail down the concept and hammer at it for a long time to make it into a worthwhile product both aesthetically and technically....
View ArticleGeorgian Italic
When I designed Kelvinch I included Georgian in the language coverage. As there were four members of the family I ended up putting an italic and bold-italic version of Georgian in there also. But in...
View ArticleFont Validator 2.1 Release Notes and status
Font Validator is a tool for testing fonts prior to release. It was initially developed by Microsoft, to ensure that fonts meet Microsoft's high quality standards and perform exceptionally well on...
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Two Discretionary Ligatures for the Same Letter Combo
Hey all,I tried to program two different discretionary ligatures for same letter combination in FontForge and it didn't work. To clarify I wanted to see if it would be possible to have two different...
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Fontocalypse Now?
So, I wrote an article about some changes in the font biz over the past decade or more: so. https://www.commarts.com/columns/fontocalypse-now(the print article has a sidebar, which is why there is this...
View ArticleWhy are GSUB type 5 format 1 and type 6 format 1 lookups so rare?
I've looked at over 1000 font files and haven't found any instances of GSUB type 5 format 1 and type 6 format 1 lookup subtables. Any idea why these are scarce?
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Rending of accent components in variable fonts on Mac OS
Has anyone else noticed that Mac OS renders accents that are components in variable fonts lighter than they should be? An example follows. Eacute is built of E+acutecomb.case, and acutecomb.case is a...
View ArticleCan the crossbar in Ħ be lowered?
The crossbar and bar mark in Ħ can blend together at small sizes or at a distance, especially in heavy weights. Is it acceptable to lower the crossbar of H so there’s more room for space between the...
View ArticleQuestion from graphic design student in lockdown
Hi everyone,I'm a long time follower of the forums and learned quite allot from you fine people.I would like to ask a question,....i'm a first year graphic design student and i'm working on my end...
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white space compensation or other reasons in N, M, W etc.
Hello,when I was drawing Ns, Ms, Ws etc. symmetrically (in the first row of the first picture) I've been told to put for example the right Stem of the N nearer to the diagonal stroke (second row). So...
View ArticleHow do I start working on italics?
I'd like to start working on italics for my font (Portfolio Mono, see a separate thread).The problem is I've never done italics before, so I'm not sure how to approach this task.It's going to be true...
View Articleprinciples for designing Greek "italics" (aka slanted Greek)
Historically, Greek typefaces would not include both upright and slanted italic characters like Roman faces do, instead choosing generally either an entirely upright face or an entirely slanted one....
View ArticleIs there any open-source way to create OpenType variable fonts yet?
FontForge isn't there yet: https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/2882.Is anyone aware of a free and open-source solution for creating OpenType VFs? And yes, I'm well aware of the commercial...
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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...
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DeltaMachine vs Font Remix Tools + Question about TypeRig.
On the FontLab forum, I saw Adam Twardoch's post about DeltaMachine. For those who don't know, it's a script/plug-in for FontLab 7 (based on Tim Ahren's publicly available theory works about...
View ArticleClassifying Icone by Adrian Frutiger and Avance by Evert Bloemsma
In seeing both Icone and Avance, both of them have a rather similar look, with a similar sculptural and notan-centred paradigm.How would they be classified? I know that Didone don't fit them. They...
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An almost complete lettering font, feedback and wild praise welcome
This is one of a number of brush lettering fonts I hope to release soon, as a collection in addition to individually
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The default line height in OSX fontbook
Recently someone reported that Iosevka's line height is inconsitent among weights, however the metrics in `hhea` and `OS/2` table are exactly same within all the subfamilies I provided.It it means that...
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