Luxembourgish & Adobe Latin 5
This question may be best answered by Thomas, but I thought I’d post it generally and see what else might come of it.Why is support for Luxembourgish listed with Adobe Latin 5 but not any of the...
View ArticleJohnston Sans and Gill
A piece on BBC about the anniversary of London Underground signage using Johnston Sans:http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35916807
View ArticleFontArk
HiDid anyone here try Fontark?I'm involved in the development of it and would like to hear (and share) some opinions, it is still in early stage but already capable of some wonders. We represent a...
View ArticleThe ABC of Custom Lettering by Ivan Castro.
Happy to announce that The ABC of Custom Lettering is officially available. He’s a clip of Ivan Castro browsing through the book. Feel free to share. https://vimeo.com/15471494For US customers the best...
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OpenType SVG color fonts coming to Windows 10 :)
During the keynote talk at the Microsoft Build conference, at 2:22:51 Kevin Gallo showed a slide outlining the new developer-related features of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update that will ship in the...
View ArticleUsing emoji cuts my post off
I tried to add some emoji and when I press 'Post', it gets cut off after the emoji?
View ArticleAntiqua/blackletter mix
Hope this is in the right categoryI was wondering what examples there are at attempts of blending antiqua with blackletter.I started working on a sans textface with a hint of blackletter, and am...
View ArticleIllustrator automatically changing glyphs
Dear all,I’m developing a font that is showing an issue with some accented glyphs in Adobe Illustrator and on TextEdit: when I need for example the glyph ã I write option + ~ + a, but Illustrator and...
View ArticleTextPref seeking a type designer/engineer
The TextPref foundry is a leading specialist in brand typography. Our work helps us grasp the things we read, and remember who wrote them. Our logo work has put Honda, Cadillac, Saab and Land Rover on...
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Microsoft Font Validator lives!
This week Aaron Bell published a liberated Microsoft Font Validator on Github under the MIT libre license:https://github.com/Microsoft/Font-ValidatorBuggy fonts benefit no one and having the Microsoft...
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Learning by doing - 'Empereur' for pointers
Hi all,I'm quite new here as I've been getting more interested in type and the mix of creative and technical challenge it offers. I have a background in artworking but as for type design I'm a mere...
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Freitag — toying around with a geometric display sans
So I've had this inexplicable urge to start drawing one of the most redundant fonts imaginable — a geometric display sans. In particular, I thought I'd try to make it stand out from the crowd with some...
View ArticleX-height and extender changes across weight
It's been explained to me that the x-height of a typeface increases as a type gets heavier to recover some more vertical room and to prevent the type looking 'squat', also there it helps to balance the...
View ArticleFontLoad Update
The latest version of FontLoad our font activation program is now available. It's a simple and practical way to activate fonts on your system. Ideal for font developers.... and it's free! Available for...
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My Town: Any hints for a graffiti-like font?
So, here's a font with a backstory. (The story might be more interesting than the font.)The local university did a study on my apartment complex (a "new town" which everyone calls "MJ") in Japan. The...
View ArticleMicrosoft Visual TrueType 6.10 with Autohinter, available for download
A new Version of VTT, (VTT 6.10) is available today. The download is available herethe download can be installed as a fresh install, or as an upgrade from the last release 6.01 August 2015.some details...
View ArticleCustom webfont not showing in Firefox44
Is anybody having a problem with custom fonts not displaying in the latest Firefox update? It worked perfectly fine prior to the new release, now it's a complete no show. Does anybody have a workaround?
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French vs. German book typeface
Hi,I've been noticing a pattern in the use of typefaces in French and German books. It seems as if there were a strict national culture regarding what kind of typeface you should use. It's not always...
View ArticleHinting help for a major type design project. (hinting genius needed)
Hi Guys, hope you can help me, Im looking for freelancer type designer / hinting specialist to help me to hint a custom font. The font has to work in all screens (sizes / devices) etc. If you are...
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