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Stitch lettering research
Last week in Lisbon I came across this little french lettering book for stitching.I know there is quite some books out there on this matter. On of the most awesome ones I saw was actually presented to...
View ArticleAre printed specimens just fun objects or do they really help sell type?
I always thought printed paper specimens are beautiful things and, as a typographer, I love designing them, studying them, criticizing them, and admiring the work that goes into creating them. As a...
View Articlequick question for VTT users, if you have a minute to answer
VTT users: what version of Windows do you run VTT on? (and if you know: 64-bit or 32-bit)? Thanks a lot. Mike
View ArticleReactions: How insightful is Insightful?
I’m considering a consolidation of the Reaction options below each post. Showing too many options is unnecessarily complex and lessens the effect of any individual Reaction. I can see justification for...
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TipoType Award 2015 (Competition)
After last year's success, we've released this year's Award! Emoticón smilehttp://tipotype.com/award/TipoType calls for Uruguayan and foreign designers to participate in the second TipoType Award. You...
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“Flipped”, “droopy” “sign-painter” quotes
I want to share some Sunday afternoon armchair research. As you (Americans) probably know from signs or hand writing, some typefaces have quotes that – when used for English – look flipped, instead of...
View ArticleAnalog letter making tools
A discussion to share tool recommendations. Pens, brushes, ink etc.
View ArticleProofing Text Face
I'm curious if other designers early during the type design process (speaking specifically to text faces at small sizes) run a quick PS autohint before printing? (assuming basic stem weights and...
View ArticleDiversifying TypeDrawers
I’m very pleased to see that over half of new TypeDrawers members over the last two weeks are women. Many are adding insightful posts, as well. This forum will only improve with increased diversity and...
View ArticleBest term for Modern/Didone style typefaces?
What do you native-English speakers and others (not Germans) prefer as a term for Modern or Didone style typefaces? I’m not a big fan of those and have my own preferred set of terms*, but for keywords...
View ArticleTypeSnitch.com
Hi All!For those of you who missed my talk at Typecon, I was pleased to announce a collaborative new project I'm participating in called TypeSnitch. Please take a look at the site and participate,...
View ArticleFamily Stem Weights Calculator
This is a simple little tool that will help you plan the stems weights values across a 9 styles family.Input your thinnest and boldest stems values, and it will show you a wide range of possibilities...
View ArticleTypeSnitch Project Update
Hello Fellow Font Designers,I have some very exciting news about TypeSnitch that I'm delighted to share with you!Since July of 2012 when I first announced the TypeSnitch effort, I was overwhelmed with...
View ArticleAccents part of the 2048/1000 limit?
Saw this on twitter today and thought I would ask about it on here because I've never got a clear answer: Type designers: How do you decide the size of your type on the "body"? Do you just use the full...
View ArticleMysterious extension changes
Has anyone else experienced a typeface changing its own extension from .otf to something else? Is this something my OS has done? I've noticed it with typefaces I've grabbed from Time Machine archives...
View ArticleWould you consider OTF "source" for e.g. an open source font project?
This Twitter discussion got me doubting my beliefs about what constitutes the "source" in an open source font project. To me the source files are the scripts (if any)feature filesmaybe even svg files...
View ArticleGong—how did they do this?
Today I came across an incredible typeface: Gong designed by Johannes Wagner, released 1953. Here’s a link to a scan; it has to be seen big to appreciate it: http://luc.devroye.org/gong.jpgGong has a...
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Metrics and pixel fonts
Hi, TypeDrawers. First post here.I'm creating a pixel typeface. After looking at the many available open license fonts (a requirement for the project I'm working on) and not finding what I wanted, I...
View ArticlePrinting very wide glyphs in InDesign
What exactly is the limit to the metric width (my own testing suggests 4096) and bbox width of glyphs that can be printed from within Adobe InDesign?There seem to be no differences between TTF and CFF,...
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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