Looking for John-Paul Knox/Perrin OT/Marquet OT
Dear experts,I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get in touch with M. John-Paul Knox, creator of Perrin OT: http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-43897.htmlI'm really infatuated with that face, which I've been...
View ArticleCopyrighting Font Software
Does anyone have any experience in how to submit font software for copyright purposes? Apparently they reject the actual OTF/TTF font formats and are requesting a XML format? Does this sound right? And...
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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 ArticleA sophisticated webfont solution for the humanities?
It gives me headaches for some time already. I get requests from scholars/universities about to possibly implement Andron Mega as a webfont to back typographically very ambitious online corpora...
View ArticleGPOS: How many different anchors are necessary?
Some common fonts are equipped with countless anchors, up to 30 per glyph. Seems like every combining mark is positioned manually. While that certainly makes sense for high-end or general-purpose text...
View ArticlePhototype services around the world
We all know US phototype services like PLINC and Solotype, but what phototype services were available in other countries? I found a description of someone ordering phototype in the UK in the 1970's but...
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Monotype font platform upload and update issues
Hi all,I just wanted to check if what's happening to me actually an isolated case or it happens to others as well.Monotype font platform won't let me upload anything in existing font family – nor font...
View Articlemonotype application turnaround time?
I put in a foundry partner application with monotype (myfonts.com) and haven't heard anything in a while. Does anybody how long these usually take to process? Thanks,Oliver
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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 ArticleWebsite for Type Brief or Challenge Generator Name?
Hi. I remember there was a website where you can get random typeface ideas, kinda like this:Make a flared sans serif fonts, with tall x-height, with ink traps, for a cafe in Paris. or,Make a wide serif...
View ArticleHow do you maintain letter-form consistency?
Type designers always say "trust your eyes", but in fact, once you start working on complex type-design projects (multiple masters, large glyph sets, etc.), you realize this nonsystematic approach has...
View ArticleAn opportunity for early-career creatives at Google Fonts
Google Fonts is looking for early-career creatives (eligible to work in the...
View Articlelet's talk Greek kai symbol
Are these, in both cases, expected and useful within basic (monotonic) Greek coverage?What do we know about what these things should look like?Is the descending piece supposed to be more akin to, say,...
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Color font issue (random scaling of glyphs) in Word and PowerPoint
Hi, I’ve made an extended colorfont (Latin Extended glyph set incl. kerning) with Glyphs which works well in design apps and browsers. When I’m in Word (16.46 on Mac OS 10.15) or PowerPoint and start...
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Geometric Blackletter
This is a mostly useless font, created for fun. It's approximately a take on Fraktur, but quite a few solutions required divergent designs.This is not designed for legibility, it's designed for...
View ArticleSearching for a type tool
I used to have a 8.5 x 11” transparency that I printed from the web. One can buy it as well in clear plastic.It had various typesetting "tools" on it. For instance it had a sets of short horizontal...
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Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?
I would like to get responses from germans especially. An option I'm considering would be to include the smallcap eszett as a discretionary ligature.
View ArticleMicrosoft Visual TrueType Version 6.34 [December, 2020 release]
Download is available here. What’s new?Version 6.34 [December, 2020 release]The following are changes since 6.33 [November, 2019 release]Per display DPI awareness. Support per display DPI when...
View ArticleNeed help by a Pro Lettering Designer to finalize Vector Letters in Adobe...
Hello!I'm looking for a freelancer who is a pro with vector letters to help finalize my rough vector letters in Adobe Illustrator. I need the final letters to be clean and the curves to be perfect. If...
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