WOFF Only?
Are we at that point in history where we only need to deliver WOFF and WOFF2 web font kits to users? Can we fully abandon .EOT? .TTF? I do believe .SVG can be now ignored.In part my dream is to also...
View ArticleBehavior of attached PDFs
My preference is that attached PDFs open in a browser window, rather than being prompted to download them (as seems to be the current default).If I choose to examine a document in more detail, or want...
View ArticlePertho - rune-inspired slab serif
Hi! I've been developing this type for some time now and I'd appreciate your feedback. I based the shapes of the glyphs, as closely and faithfully as appropriate it seemed, on runic systems. I only...
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installing robofab
HelloI feel like a newbie.I installed everything in a new machine and when I install Robofab_599_plusalldependencies following Ben Kiel instructions here I have the following problemSeems like the...
View ArticleOutsource hinting help
HI all, firstly I wish you guys a great weekend,So, .... I might getting a good type project and I need help to outsource the hinting part of the job,do you guys have any lead, technicians or a company...
View ArticleGenerating font weights in fontlab, Italic v Oblique
Appreciate if someone knows how to calculate different weights of typeface in fontlab. I do not get em size. Suppose I made a regular font (400 weight). To make a thin 100 font out of regular font,...
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Berlin Type School Away-Days 2016
On the 29th and 30th of July 2016, the Berlin University of the Arts’ UdK TypoLabor will host the first Berlin Type School Away-Days. This is a free typography & type design festival for UdK design...
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Accesing and modifying Glyph Class in Fontlab 5
I have a client with several fonts who have diferent glyph definitions. He set up that on Glyph properties panel, which have different options: Unassigned, Simple, Ligature, Mark and Component. As I...
View ArticleShould we tell Adobe how bad the Illustrator UI is for drawing with beziers?
Type designers have known for a long time that Adobe Illustrator’s tools for manipulating beziers aren’t very good. Fontographer, Fontlab, Glyphs, and Robofont have all done much better. Making matters...
View ArticleThe Mysteries of the Unicode Table
Rather than start a new thread every time I have a question about some obscure glyphs, I figured it'd be better to create a new thread as a catch-all. Feel free to chime in with your own questions.This...
View ArticleExperimental symmetrical typeface
I took the challenge of desigining a naturally flowing, legible font where all or nearly all glyphs are horizontally symmetrical, as I thought Google query for "symmetrical font" returned...
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Display type based on odd signage
I've started working on something fun, based on some fabricated metal letters above the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, near where I live. I've always been fascinated by these letterforms — they're just so...
View ArticleThe interpolation split
Back in ancient times, I used the FontLab's* blend tool to create a weight range. I'd start with one blend, usually 50%, which I'd clean up before making intermediate blends. The blend tool left a mess...
View ArticleBooks or web sites about offset printed text
What’s a good book or web site about RIPs, platesetters, and imagesetters and their use for offset printing of text? I ask because it’s become hard to find this information on the web due to a wealth...
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Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
A few years ago, I was first hit by the creative urge to make a faithful sans companion to Garamond — not just another humanist sans tipping its hat to the old master, but a sans that really was...
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Modify Vertical Spacing
Hello Typodrawers,Few days ago I launched my most recent font "LeBrush" everything is right on the type design process until the moment when I start to do the graphics on Photoshop, Illustrator and...
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...
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A script or method to detect crossed BCPs?
Hi there,Can you recommend a script or software to quickly detect these crossed BCPs that are often created in an extrapolated weight? FL's FontAudit does not do it.Thanks in advance.
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Two thoughts about Google after Typographics
1. As I contemplate their new website and the very nicely-made specimen for Space Mono I got in my Typographics swag pile, it strikes me that Google very much wants to position itself as a font...
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