Views on testing fonts?
I am interested to hear views on offering fonts for testing purposes?I am often asked can I supply my font software so the designer, design company or agency can test the font out before making a...
View ArticleThis Week in Type Has Seven Days
That week just flew by, didn’t it?A phenomenal bit of business about repainting the name of a ship onto that ship. “It took a day to letter-space [sic] seven characters.”“I need those ashes so I can...
View ArticleDo You Consider Font Licensing Questions an Annoyance?
As both a user and designer (okay, only one font so far) of type, I am curious as to how the typical font foundry expects that their fonts will be used. I've seen both permissive licenses (do whatever...
View ArticleNew post in the series, A Graphical Guide To VTT 6.10 Light Latin Autohinting
Just in case this gets lost at the end of the other longer thread on VTT 6.10. I have started a series of blog posts.The latest is...
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Online books & resources
For those who struggle to find books in print relating to designing type. I have came across some out of print books, thought might be worth sharing. Some are extracts some in full.Type Sign Symbol —...
View ArticleOut of print books
Hello type designers, show me a sign though – I was book hunting trying to find: The stroke: theory of writing Gerrit Noordzij Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces...
View ArticleChoosing Type Design Software
I imagine it's probably a bad idea to ask "Which software should I use?" so I'll talk about my experience (or lack thereof) a bit and some of you might have some recommendations.I did my first (and so...
View ArticleIs Bold Italic Not Cost Effective Anymore?
Since I became a font junkie in the early 90s, it seemed to me that a typical font family consisted of Regular, Bold, Italic and Bold Italic. Those were the basic four.Later, variations like Light,...
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fontdiff released
Sascha Brawer just posted to the fonttools list:we [Google] just released fontdiff, a small utility for testing fonts. When you modify a TrueType or OpenType font, fontdiff generates a PDF showing the...
View ArticleBroadcast license and TV advertising
I'm reviewing my licensing and currently the Desktop license prohibits 'broadcast use', by which i mean use in tv program titles, film titles/credits and channel identities. However, I'm thinking about...
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Cyrillics I really need to bother with
While there's a time and a place for a fully decked-out Cyrillic Unicode range, I'm trying to come up with some better choices for where to draw the line. I've noticed a lot of fonts have a limited...
View ArticleModule +Similarities
Hello everybody, As non Latin type designer I was wondering where to start to Design Latin type face. When I found Hrant Papazian Module + similarities it was a lot of time saver . I have made an...
View ArticleFont Naming and Avoiding Names Already in Use
Do you ever worry about your font names, especially when you find one that's not in use?I have a font-in-progress and I haven't really had a name for it. I've had a working name but that was never...
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Bifurcated serif, clean up and condensed version
Hi all, I have a client who wants this incomplete font polished up and missing characters designed (J,X,&, and punctuation). It will just be uppercase, no numbers. They also want a condensed...
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Ordinal/superscript feature for French
If the above characters are included in a font, how – and to what extent – should OpenType be involved in rendering them correctly for French? Would it make sense to use the ordn feature? Is this a...
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‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil
In the exquisite setting of the Museum Plantin-Moretus the Inside/Outside exhibition, organized by the Plantin Institute of Typography, was opened on Saturday 17 May 2014. The exhibition comprises work...
View ArticleMonotype seeking full time Font Engineer in Berlin
Monotype is a leading global provider of type, technology and expertise, enabling optimal user experiences and brand integrity.Monotype offers one of the world’s largest and most highly regarded...
View ArticlePeriodcentered
1. Should it be an identical glyph to period? 2. Should it be the same character width as period?3. Should it be centred vertically on the cap height (with suitable “optical” adjustment)?4. Where a...
View ArticleOldstyle tabular figures
I don't get the point of designing oldstyle tabular numbers. Oldstyle numbers are usually designed for running text, they work better with lowercase letters. And tabular numbers are created for good...
View ArticleDrawing type: alternatives for Apple screen?
Hi,My Cinema Display recently died and I'm looking to buy a new screen to use with my macbook pro.Obvious choice would be a new Apple screen, but I'm curious if there are screens from other...
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