My Little Pony font usage.
Something to take note of here although the story is not very specific as to the licensing arrangements that have been bought and what is in dispute.http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35412978
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Carry on or stop?
I started work on this font - partially because I thought it would be a fun style, partially to do interesting things with scripting:which was all well and good and then I discovered this:Obviously...
View ArticleDesigning the Editorial Experience: An Interview with Author Juliette Cezzar
Hi everyone!TypeThursday had an interview with educator and author Juliette Cezzar. We talked about the importance of typography and type in editorial design and how to teach students to think about...
View ArticleWho is the foundry liaison at Veer?
Veer’s contractual right to sell my work expired long ago. They still have my work up for sale. I’m trying to find out who I can contact there to get them to stop. The last contact I had there was...
View ArticleThe Terms "Glyph List" versus "Character Set"
I have been doing work on HTML test pages that use the SIL 'Last Resort' font as a fallback which, when the character specified doesn't exist in the first font in the CSS font stack, the browser falls...
View Articlefirst use of arrows to indicate directions...
... On signage and in sign-writing specifically, but in typography, lettering and even technical drawings, maps and so on *, when did the arrow become a symbol for directions and ultimately, THE the...
View ArticleMaking masters interpolation-compatible: what is your workflow?
I've tried Prepolator and it works but I frequently found difficult to select certain contours or to arrange orders when there are several contours involved (for example in an AE with many overlapping...
View ArticleAnalog letter making tools
A discussion to share tool recommendations. Pens, brushes, ink etc.
View ArticleIs Fontlab's Paste Special > Left / Right Kerning reliable?
Hi there,Does anyone know if the command Paste Special > Left / Right Kerning in Fontlab is reliable?Thanks in advance.
View ArticleBlackletter font on a 1932 diploma
Below is an image of a 1932 diploma from the high school where I teach. It's a design that was used by many schools around the country.Is it possible that GULF HIGH SCHOOL is misspelled, that the "c"...
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02.04–04.01, 2016: Modern Cyrillic @ TDC
Modern Cyrillic 2014 was held by ParaType, the premier Russian digital type foundry, and Shrift, the online typographic journal, both located in Moscow. Additional support was provided by the Federal...
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“Procedural” design software concept?
Just a concept: Is it a good idea to create a “procedural” type design software: every distinct glyph has a "construction workflow" so the data quntity a type designer have to maintain can be minimized?
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It's not a perfect ellipse, why?
I'm pretty sure this has been done before but never understood why. I was just studying Hoefler engraved text and noticed the O wasn't a perfect ellipse as marked in the image below. The overlay on top...
View ArticlePrinter recommendations for proofing?
What printer would you recommend for proofing purposes, today? $500 or under would be nice since I'm an independent designer.Ideally, the minimum requirements would be: - true 1200 dpi, - Adobe...
View ArticleA Database of American Typeface Design Patents (1842-1899)
Interesting!http://www.fontdata.com/american-typeface-design-patents/This is a visual online representation of the »Database of American Typeface Design Patents« database.In the Nineteenth Century,...
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Problem in MetricsMachine: I type lc and get sc!
One of my UFO files started to do weird things in MetricMachine. When I type lower case letters, several small caps show up in the preview window. I tried re encoding the font, regenerating the file,...
View ArticleExtend language support?
Do you know any good designers/foundries that specialize in extending languages for a typeface?Now... If you were going to extend your latin typeface, in what languages do you think its wise to do...
View ArticleWhat are the best practices for the hist feature (long s)?
I noticed in several typefaces with a hist feature s is simply substituted by the long s, and that's it. The problem here is that all instances of s will be replaced rather than all except for the...
View ArticleHow can I randomize letters in a typeface?
I'm wondering if there aren't any methods to make a typeface toggle between a few variants of each letter as you type. I've been looking into the possibilities and realized true randomize features as...
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