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Hello, I’m Leroy. Not employed anywhere, but at least I don’t slack since I look to do something to keep myself occupied. I learned Perl on my own and used it on BDF bitmap-font conversion scripts from...
View ArticleNeed to merge duplicate glyphs within a font into single unified glyphs
I am working on a scalable bitmap-like (a.k.a. pixelated) outline TTF font that sources its glyphs from a HEX plain-text file (like what Unifoundry’s Unifont project uses) that was originally sourced...
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My take on Garamond
Here's a sample of my new font (unnamed as of yet) — Note that /ffi etc are not present yet. It's my own personal take on Garamond, meant to align with twentieth-century Garamonds. It is particularly...
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Classification of Polytonic Greek in Material Design Language Support
I stumbled in this website:https://material.io/design/typography/language-support.htmland encountered classifications of script systems:English-like (e.g. LGC with the exception of Vietnamese), Tall...
View ArticleMissing glyph after export (MyFont Validator) even glyph is part of the font
Hello,I have a problem that I trying to solve for a day, I have not found anything about it. So after exporting font file with Fontlab 6/7 to, otf ps. Monotype MyFont Validator tool show me missing...
View ArticleVariants: in 'salt' or in 'ss...'?
Curiosity, albeit marginal, about the Greek, although it could be repeated for other alternative glyphs not necessarily Greek.In the GaramondPremierePro some variants - such as the letter kappa...
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Question about correct contours
Can someone tell me which one is a correct Typographical contour and why?Thank you .
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Flying High Quranic/Arabic/Jawi/Pegon/Gundul Fonts
Dear Friends, Pleased to share our newly PC-Android application "Quran Hoda version 2" http://Maryamsoft.com/Files/Hoda that makes use of one of our unique & dynamic typefaces...
View ArticleAdding greek
A customer wants me to add basic greek (48 glyphs) to one of my fonts.How much would you charge for this per font style? For the custom work that is, licensing will be on top of that.Thanks!
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After playing with letters for years, here's my first serious attempt at type...
Hi guys!This is my first post in this amazing forum, I've been reading all of you for a while with hearth-shaped eyes As I've written in the title, I finally started dipping into this obsession for...
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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 ArticleTonos and oxia
When implementing Greek in a font, I realized that using the polytonic version some glyphs point instead to those of the monotonic version. This happens both in LibreOffice and with LaTeX, although I...
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Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
A few years ago, I was first hit by the creative urge to make a faithful sans companion to Garamond — not just another humanist sans tipping its hat to the old master, but a sans that really was...
View ArticleIntroducing myself: Josh Langman, typographer
Hello, TypeDrawers community.I'm glad to be here. I've been reading TypeDrawers for a while, but haven't joined till now. Some of my typography work is visible at www.jltypographicdesign.com. I am also...
View ArticleDTL Van den Keere text italic?
Dear TypeDrawers community,I'm a typographer and a book designer, and a longtime reader of this forum. I used to be active on Typophile, and I recognize many of the current contributors from there. I...
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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IJ in a monowidth unicase typeface
1. Double-width glyph. Identical to two separate letters.2. Horizontally squishing I and J.3. “Broken U”.4. =Y (Yes, Y does have a slight descender in this typeface, as does Q.)5. U with tail. Which is...
View ArticleProject cost
HelloI hope you doing well guys, I have a new Arabic font system different from than regular Arabic font style. I am in a plan to invest in my creation and make a cost estimate for starting to get the...
View ArticleHow to approach a complete font buyout
Hey, everyone! I have no doubt this has been asked before, but times change and new experiences happen, so I thought I'd ask it (again). I was approached by a company that wants to buy one or more...
View ArticleGerard Unger Scholarship 2020
Now open to any current or graduated student who has developed a typeface in a type design course within the past two years (2018–2020). We have also extended the deadline to 15 June 2020. We encourage...
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