Recommended Type Design and Typography Books
I've read through the below books in the first list here and enjoyed them all, with The Elements of Typographic Style possibly my favorite. Are there any in the second list that would be considered...
View ArticleAnalog letter making tools
A discussion to share tool recommendations. Pens, brushes, ink etc.
View ArticleEnding ligature
Hello to all,I am almost finished revising one of my script fonts on FontLab. There is an alternative ending "s" labeled "s.final.1". Under OpenTypeface window, I have it under "calt" feature, it reads...
View ArticleSpace glyphs
Hi, how about these space glyphs, Thin space (uni2009) etc. Are they really needed in a font?Do they override apps if they are there and does apps handle them if they are not there? Thanks!
View ArticlePassing the Torch
Hi, TypeDrawers! For various reasons, it’s time for me to turn over the stewardship of this site to someone new. I can't devote the time to it that it deserves, and I think I've taken it as far as I...
View ArticleOpen Source and Non-Latin Type Design: An Interview with James Puckett of...
TypeThursday sat down with James Puckett of Dunwich Type Founders. We talked about learning non-naive scripts, getting funding for such projects, how to handle the code in these projects, and the...
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Microsoft Font Validator runs native on Mac OS X!
(I think this deserves its own post thread!)I wrote before Christmas that I was making the font validator run standalone as mac os X command line binary, no need to install mono separately. So it...
View ArticleThe weight framework
Hi Everybody, I'm Valerio Dell'Edera from Hederae Creative Shop. I sell some custom typefaces on Creative Market, but I want to try on MyFonts. I need your help about changing weight of a font with...
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Aksharaya calligraphy manuals
In the "shut up and take my money" department, Aksharaya have prepared six calligraphy manuals for the upcoming Typoday 2016 conference in Bangalore - introductory manuals for Devanagari, Nastaliq...
View ArticleAmazing opportunity to win your artwork as an edition of screen prints to be...
Hello!London based screen printing studio and publisher 3rd Rail are running a competition suitable for illustrators. The prize is to win your 3 colour artwork as an edition of 25 screen prints. The...
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Taronga: a humanist sans
One day I'll be good enough to actually finish a project, but until then I am trying to learn by making as many mistakes as I can, as quickly as possible. (If there are better ways to improve, please...
View ArticleTool to create GSUB table based on identical characters?
I have a font where both uppercase and lowercase have the same design. E.g. the CFF entries for "A" and "a" are exactly the same. Is there a way to avoid this duplication? I'm thinking of a tool that...
View ArticleReminder: TypeCon2016 Call for Programming Deadline
A quick reminder (and friendly nudge) that the TypeCon2016 programming proposal deadline is Monday, February 29thSubmission information is available on the TypeCon...
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...
View ArticleDifferent width of ellipse?
Where can I find information on the different width of the ellipse?A friend recently claimed: “In most countries of EU we use ellipsis on en-space width. Americans quietly use elipsis on em-space width...
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Lettering based on Kelmscott Press
Hello fellow typophiles!I'm working on a stencil (drawn in Illustrator which will be laser cut into stencil board) and was hoping to get some feedback on my work so far since I'm still really new to...
View ArticleT with a stroke
Does anyone have any real world text samples or series of words that utilize t with a stroke? (/tbar U+0167) I'm trying to refine my diacritic collision pair list and have run into a loss finding...
View ArticleMorison, Aldus, and Garamont.
Numerous historians reprint the supposed fact that, in the 1540s, Garamont cut romans Estienne, and that said romans were based on the De Aetna types. Those who expound claim that this is proven by...
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I started work on a 19th century French Didot style font
Hello. I'm a newbie typography enthusiast and this is my first attempt at creating a font.I'm creating it based roughly on scans from 19th century books printed by Didot. I've been eyeballing the...
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