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Hilfea : first step on Francesco Griffo typefaces
Hi ! I was working for about a week on another Quatrocento project. Some times ago I designed Uccello based on the Jenson Roman. Now I am trying to do something around Griffo's typeface for Pietro...
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Latin glyphs doesn't work on Fontlab7
Hi All,i have a problem that when i test my font and try to write a latin word the accent doesn't appear. how to solve this problem? ..
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How to make last written glyph to be on top ? [FontLab7]
Helloi'm applying some effect to my font and one of them is extrude but when i write any word it appears like in this image. Is there any way or code to make last written glyph to be on top ?Thanks.
View ArticleBig Sur and font suitcase files
Mac font suitcase files are still recognized and supported on macOS Big Sur (11.x), but not over local networks anymore. The apparent reason for this is Apple reducing support for AFP (Apple Filing...
View ArticleBradbury Thompson, Alphabet 26, 1950 – permissions for book
A picture researcher asked where they could license an image of Bradbury Thompson’s Alphabet 26, 1950. I’ve suggested Yale University archives initially since their press published The Art of Graphic...
View ArticleBrain Sees Words As Pictures
Although I'm not one to push blind faith in scientific studies, this (from over two years ago, guys) should at least plant some fruitful doubt among the...
View Articlev2 vs v3 'post' table?
One question that I have heard kicked around is what utility there is, for OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines, to having the old v2 'post' table (which has glyph names) vs a v3 'post' table that...
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A bit of Chinese
I apologize for this is being off-topic, but I would like to ask if anyone here is able to translate this small piece of Chinese text. Background: the material is inherited from a German marine who...
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Names for graphic shapes?
I wonder what the actual names of these two graphical shapes would be. I mean terms of the sort ‘cross’, ‘triangle’ etcª.Suggestions in whatever language appreciated.
View ArticleUnlimited license plus customer use?
There are other threads discussing some of this, but more specifically I'm wondering how broad you define "unlimited"...With an unlimited (or enterprise) license... what is your view on the inclusion...
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I need your feedback on the current state of font distribution!
Hello people, I have a typographic start up I'm working on and am looking to collect information on what people's thoughts are on the font industry. If you could participate in and share a two minute...
View ArticleBulk Ligature Adding
Hello all! I've recently come into an odd project need whereby I need to replace large amount of unique words with a ligature to prevent unsavory words to appear when typed. My initial thought was to...
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Professional opinion about my first font.
Hello everyone!In the pictures you can see my first font, which I decided to design for my diploma. It is a decorative and title font. I know that it is far from perfect. I am constantly trying to...
View ArticleSuperior and ordinal numbers
Should there be a difference between the glyphs of superior numbers and ordinal ones? In some fonts I see that they are set in different lookups, but the glyphs are exactly the same (better: the same...
View ArticleWhere should diacritics lie within vertical metrics?
I am confused as to where to place my diacritics within the vertical metrics of a 1000 pt em square... for example, do the acute and grave accents, the circumflex, tilde, etc have to be included within...
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Font Editing Gig
Greetings,I am looking for some help making some small changes to the font " Have a nice day Bold Tall." The creator of the font told me to come to this site to get some help I am using the font for...
View ArticleIndesign Script to test Character Variants in Indesign
Indesign is capable to access any opentype feature from a script.Here a script to test a font with Character Variant in Indesign:if( app.selection.length ) // do we have a selection?if(...
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Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
You may be familiar with the Adam-Tannery edition of the works of Descartes (it's canonical). If so, you know how beautifully it was set. If you don't know it, feast your eyes on one of the best...
View ArticleTerminating Contract with Myfonts / pulling fonts off their website
Hi,I'm planning to start selling fonts on MyFonts. I was wondering about the possibility of pulling the typefaces down, once they are up for, let's say, few months. Can you stop selling them whenever...
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