Border Ornaments and their implementation: questions & answers.
I'm working on a typeface to which I'd like to add ornamental border elements, as well as some other decorative glyphs.In researching the best way to do so, I came across this thread, which lays out...
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Sexy diacritics
Haha made you look :PWorked on diacritics over the last few days trying to get an even balance. I found positioning of the mark so it's close enough to appear as one with its letter, but separate...
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WF Schelter Antiqua, another resurrected Art Nouveau type
My upcoming Art Nouveau design kit needed a representative body type. I chose Schelter Antiqua because it manages to be legible, stately and quite quirky at the same time. I feel it'll be a good fit...
View ArticleApostrophe not showing
Hello friends,I was currently comissioned to add an apostrophe to a typeface. When the client tried to use the apostrophe, the text editor (I assume it was MS Word) defaulted to another font just for...
View ArticleTMX—TYPOGRAPHY, TECH, & DESIGN, Nov 2–6 Online
TMX is held every year in Mexico, and it’s been promoting typography and technology for the past 5 years, in 2020, due to the current world situation this year will be online and free....
View ArticleHiring typeface designer with experience in developing indic fonts
We are looking for a mid-level typeface desinger (1-2 yr experience) who has in the past worked on developing indic font specially Devanagari. The ideal candidate is a designer with good theoretical,...
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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 ArticleA clarification about kerning.
I take GaramondPremrPro for example.The glyph of the / I / has: LB 35 and RB 26; the kerning added for the pair / II / is 9pt, so it is symmetrical: 35pt distance between the two serif close together...
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How to cover "Language systems"
Hello,i tested my font & i need to fully cover this feature and other features like windows & mac support.what i'm missing ?
View ArticleRegular wider than Black
This is gonna be a weird one. Is it terribly bad if some capitals get wider in the Regular weight than they were in Black? I mean the advance width – it found it growing a bit more as more spacing was...
View ArticleThoughts on Monotype and its subsidiaries?
Monotype is, by a long shot, the biggest type firm in the world. They own some of the largest distribution platforms (MyFonts, Linotype, FontShop, FontFont) as well as having absorbed many...
View ArticleHi there!
I'm an idiot. I do, however, wish to change that as much as possible as I've recently discovered a new-found interest in typography. Either way, I'm really excited to learn as much as possible and feel...
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First timer here - Looking for opinions/help/anything
Hi there! I'm new to type designing, but I've always wanted to attempt my own, and I'm very excited to potentially create something that is worth while (even if it's just for myself). I don't have any...
View ArticleUser's range
Hi!I am struggling with the user range in Fontlab 7. In Glyphs I can set up the values of the axes to whatever I want but in Fontlab there are the so called user and design range. I understand (or I...
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 ArticleA (new?) algorithm to make two G¹–continuous cubic Bézier curves G³–continuous
In the first section of this draft, I describe a formula to make two G¹–continuous cubic Bézier curves G³–continuous. Though the formula actually works for two G¹–continuous cubic Bézier segments only,...
View ArticleOTF Variable fonts
Hello everybody,I'm looking for resources that can teach me how to build an OTF variable font. I'm using Glyphs and I have already created a TTF GX variable typeface.Recently a client asked me for an...
View ArticleFoundries: What's your experience with digital marketing?
Have any of you tried keyword marketing? How many have tried banners? How did it go?
View ArticleNavigating caret with Ctrl+arrow
I don't know about most of you, dear Mac users, but us Win-ners are used to navigate through or select whole words with the Ctrl key. In this forum Ctrl+arrow results in jumping to line beginning or...
View Articlettf to json conversion
Hi, can anyone suggest a ttf to json converter? I've never even heard before that a json can be made from a ttf. The client wants to use it for “360° graphics”. Does that ring a bell?I have found a...
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