System Validation Error
Hello everyone,I'm working on my first font and whenever I try to install the OTF I get a "System Validation" error in Font Book. The TTF works fine though. I checked online and asked some people for...
View ArticleFont pairing: Charter ITC & DIN Next LT
I'm working on a book layout design for a client, and I wanted to know if these two typefaces go together well. I chose them because on how their x-heights are very similar and also because I wanted a...
View ArticleTypeface Design Jobs in India
Hi guys,We're hiring for the positions listed below. If you're interested or know someone (who knows someone) please ask them to get in touch with us. More info via this link...
View ArticleKerning pair bloat?
I've been getting feedback from the review team at a leading type distributor. Although they've accepted the font family, they've also recommended additional kerning pairs to address increasingly minor...
View ArticleOld MS FontVal reports to spare, or computer time to make new ones?
Anybody have a stash of old MS FontVal reports (and the actual versions of font accompanying them), or can spare a few days of computer time running the older 2003 FontVal on say, current shipping Mac...
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Curved endings
I am having some problems with the alignment of the curved endings of typeface design. If I align the corners below de cap height and above the baseline the result when I print them is unpredictable,...
View ArticleKris Sowersby's "Welcome to the Infill Font Foundry"
https://klim.co.nz/blog/welcome-to-the-infill-font-foundry is an excellent long-read blog postTwitter sent me the link via this suggestion from Underware to...
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 ArticleTesting consecutive kerning pairs for consistency, Vs kerning single pairs alone
Hi all,I recently spotted a kerning problem in one of my fonts, in a word having consecutive kerning pairs.At first glance I thought it was my fault only, but after looking at some fonts from the big...
View Articlecalt and liga tracking fail
The Contextual Alternates and Ligature feature stop working in InDesign when tracking is increased beyond +20.This is a problem for pseudo-random typefaces in which the effect should work whatever the...
View ArticleType Network
http://www.fontbureau.com is now redirecting to http://www.typenetwork.com
View ArticleFraction Slash
Hello,Working on my second typeface and I'm doing some fractions right now. I've made numerators and denominators, but I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the fraction slash for a...
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Ornamental Initials
Hello,I have been drawing ornaments for years and decided to make a font similar to my previous project Floralis, but this time based on a personal face and not an existing font (and more mature I...
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Vuit Grotesk, a project to learn typeface design
Hello,My name is Matthieu Salvaggio, I'm a graphic design student at the ESAD of Valence (France).I've always been interested in Typeface design. Some months ago (January) I decided to give it a try, a...
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Technical Trivial Facts (.ttf)
In 1964 someone found out that it was possible to directly draw on the IBM 2250 Graphics Display Unit with a morsel of removable chalk mounted on the end of a piece of wood, which was secured to a...
View ArticleSave the Chinese typewriter
Tom Mullaney, professor of Chinese history and History of Technology at Stanford University, has a kickstart project for organising a tour exhibition on Chinese typewriters.In our often westernised...
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Ador - just another sans serif
Hello everyone, I know there are many humanistic sans serifs existing and this example has no big idea. But maybe eyery type-designer must create his own interpretation of a sans serif. The aim is a...
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New type design periodical, Footnotes
https://twitter.com/LaPoliceType/status/751372140012834816Interestingly the back of the magazine is a space for people to submit typefaces to, so you can see how they look in a real print publication
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Persian (Arabic) typeface that works as a new alphabet!
Hello,First, I want to mention that I am a graphic designer and typographer. I was writing articles and books in the past few years about graphic and type design. Been awarded as a critic and have had...
View ArticleComing from where, at what age?
They say that Goudy started a new career from scratch at age 40.However, he had been a bookkeeper prior to then (1905), a job in which penmanship was paramount.Nowadays, one can get into type design...
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