Type Production Artist/Designer
I am looking for someone to digitize a typeface that I have designed.It is a geometric, all caps display face that was inspired by typefaceslike Broadway and Boul Mich, but influenced by Prisma.
View ArticleAdobe announces end of support for “PostScript” Type 1 fonts
Back when Adobe finished converting its font library to OpenType around 2003-04, I wanted to draw some kind of line in the sand, but that idea got quickly shot down from many sides. However, the day...
View ArticleWhere to look for type design/editing opportunities, in a general sense?
Hello all, I hope this post is appropriate for this topic.I used to be a type nerd, designer/digitizer in late 80's early 90's, and with a partner ran a small font company where we created and sold...
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Looking for Richmond Old Style Bold Compressed
Hello everyone,I don't know if this is the right place to this question... Recently I bought a woodtype set of DeLittle’s Richmond Old Style Bold Compressed, but it lacks de “g”, “j”, “p”, “q” in lower...
View ArticleFitting cubic Bézier curves
The problem of curve fitting is fundamental to font technology, as we want to make Béziers which most closely resemble the "true" shape of the glyph. Font tools need to apply curve fitting to simplify...
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Sans Mateo
Usually when I design a font I have a clear idea what I want it to look like before I start but this one is different, it started out as a test bed for open type features. Some while after starting...
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Introducing Bangel Font Family!
Hi Type Drawers !I'm glad to share with you my latest typeface : Bangel!Bangel is a contemporary display font family with a strong personality.It is available right now at myFonts & YouWorkForThem,...
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Série 16
Hello everybody,I am doing some research on the physical characteristics of a particular book - its margins, construction and binding, covers, typography... I got into a type identification forum and I...
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TypoGraphic Journal STD
Anyone interested in this back issue of the TypoGraphic journal, edited by STD (Society of Typographic Designers)?This issue is Nr 50 from 1997, bound in a special textile cover.I have other issues as...
View ArticleCentidot Contempora (ry) from Photo-Lettering
Hello everybody,Some months ago I stumbled upon an example of a typeface called Centidot Contempora (no, there is no "-ry" suffix in the word) in a Photo-Lettering catalogue. There is a confusing...
View ArticleGood article
Dear friends, I really like this article.Someday I hope Ethiopic will be included in this kind of work. What do you think?https://christoph.koe.berlin/articles/en/pangea/
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Setting Sidebearings
I would appreciate to know if there are any errors I have done while setting sidebearings for my glyphs. I would also like to know if left and right columns are balanced and not too dark on either...
View Articlere: Type and Movies
Hi all, I'm writing a couple of articles about my experience this week and I wonder if anyone else has a similar story. To be clear (for those who don't know me) the tone will be light and aimed at...
View ArticleA Mythical DIN
Hello,I am working on a small project that involves many graphic aspect of the music business. This, of course, includes logotypes and the letters that form them.Sadly, I am stuck with an earlier...
View ArticleUnauthorized Distribution
I know quit a few here has seen their fonts on web sites offering free unauthorized downloads but I'm curious to see who has seen their fonts actually for sale on a web site not authorized to license...
View ArticleLooking for vintage engraver’s lettering manuals
I’m looking for engraver’s lettering manuals from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Does anybody have a list of titles?
View ArticleGlyph Set for Book Typesetting
Hi, I'm wondering about the glyph set coverage needed for a font to be eligible to be used on an English book typesetting.Is there any resource on this?Thank you.
View ArticleHow do I convert my font to data
Hi, Would you please assist me with: How do I convert my font to [ data:application/octet-stream... ] for web/CSS instead of placing URL of the font itself. thanks.
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What is the proper name to each Weight? What's for CSS 550?
Thanks to the contribution of type designers around the world TyMS Weight thesis is almost completed. You can see the TypeDrawers discussion at "What is the proper name to give to each Weight?" or you...
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