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Untitled Grotesk
Hello everyone, There's no sugar-coating it: I'm submitting what I'm sure is TypeDrawers' trillionth "So-and-So Grotesk" for critique, and I'm sure that's enough to get a few eyes rolling. I totally...
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New Google Fonts + Bungee, Scope One, Space Mono
https://fonts.google.com has just launched, and include many of the multi-script projects developed in the last 18 months, plus a 3 new projects that haven't been public until...
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ClearType hinting on a Mac
Searching both the Fontlab forum and Typedrawers, I couldn't find the answer to these questions, which leads me to believe I'm about to ask something I don't know enough about to even ask the right...
View ArticleQuestions about RMX tools & macros
I had a look at RMX and find it useful specially RMX slant (keeps tangents perpendicular), scaler and axis. I'm wondering if RMX is necessary and if any of you using it find it useful if so giving an...
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A new type publishing brand
For the past few months I have been working on my various type design projects to ramp them up for a release under my own label. I did a thorough brainstorming session over the weekend and came up with...
View ArticleWhere can I observe a list of languages for the locl feature?
I can't seem to find a list with languages for the locl feature. Is there such a list?
View ArticleThe future of type
Like many of you here, I imagine, I think a lot about the historical development of type in terms of its forms and how it is made.Metal type reigned for about 520 years, produced by hand for the first...
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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 ArticleWhat is a newspaper typeface?
Hi there,I am interested in reading / researching about what is currently understood as a 'newspaper typeface'. In your opinion, what are the (technical and aesthetic) features that make a typeface...
View ArticleKerning for beginners
Any good resource material for kerning in FL or in general about kerning pairs but for beginners? I somewhat understand how classes work in FL to some degree but not enough to take advantage of...
View ArticleTypeDrawers Member Appreciation
From time to time I will identify those TypeDrawers members who consistently add relevant insight and interest to a variety of discussions on the site. There are no awards to hand out, just quiet...
View Articleglyf (i.e. contour) analysis reports on libre fonts.
Hi,People who went to LGM 2016 London in April this year and heard my talk would hear that, IMHO, the most unique and valuable part of the Font Validator is its analysis on individual glyphs. That is...
View Articleproject Kluchy
Hello,Here's my first attempt to font design. ( I am an architect )Letters are based on the shape which is combing rounded ends and same sharp corners.I want to keep balance between those parts at...
View Articlettx merge
I’m calling the merge command in ttx from a parent folder, i.ettx -m myfolder/myfont.ttf additions.ttxThis creates a new ttf file in the parent folder, and names it “additions.ttf”. Is there some way...
View ArticleIs there a need for a TTF version?
I have a hard time with TTF because it's quadratic so I've totally skipped it for now and stuck with OTF only. I have tried the auto conversion from OTF to TTF, aside from it generating a ton of...
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Encode 50 million - Roman Numeral - Best practice
This should be the 50,000,000 symbol, a capital D flanked by 2 vertical lines and surmounted by 1 horizontal line. 4 character entries seems terribly convoluted, perhaps better than PUA for...
View ArticleConference organizers and marketers: Stop displaying your video interview...
In the last few years there’s been a wonderful trend of interviewing designers and academics at design conferences. These videos are often professionally shot and editing. This is helping to address a...
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A new approach to spacing?
I've often found it strange that there's a big impedance mismatch between the thing that we want to do when spacing - to set the distance between a pair of glyphs - and the three knobs that we have to...
View ArticleE-commerce platform recommendations?
There're plenty e-commerce platforms out there, but which to use for selling fonts? It's get a bit tricky with a variable product (single weights/families, licences for print/web/etc and the amount of...
View ArticleMethods for ensuring minimum one pixel distance between accent and base
What is a good method for controlling the mark–base distance in low res rendering, when you also want to account for combining marks?
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