Dalton Maag seeking a Font Developer
https://daltonmaag.com/about-us/join-ushttps://daltonmaag.com/media/other/JD_FontDev_230816.pdfFont Developer Job Summary: Dalton Maag is recruiting for Font Developers to join us at our office in...
View ArticleOpen-source OpenType serializer and builder, otfcc
My OpenType dumper and builder reaches its first public beta.Currently only TrueType-outlined font files are supported, while Clerk Ma is working on the CFF parser/builder. It can build a 24MB Chinese...
View ArticleCopyright Buyout?
What to charge for copyright buyout of said font design.General rule of thumb I believe is 100% of the original design fee.Does that sound about right?
View ArticleProposal: Control instruction set for ttfautohint on ideographs
Currently my ideographic hinter, sfdhantuaohint, heavily relies on FontForge’s file format, and it is an ideograph-only solution (which means that it cannot hint latin scripts).Therefore I am purposing...
View ArticleHow could these line spacings be being calculated??
Hello! I'm in dire need of help from a font expert, and was curious if someone could help me! I don't mean to be off topic, I really think this is font related, its something to do with font files and...
View ArticleAnybody else want to commission a open source Wordpress type tester?
I’m redesigning my online store. It will probably be Wordpress, and I might commission a developer to create a type tester plugin. Is anybody else interested in splitting development fees to make this...
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CJK Ideograph Variation or "Where's Wally in CJK"
An author has requested three CJK glyph variations, but I cannot find them in the IVD charts. Is there anywhere I can look to find these, before I create them as alternates? The glyph shape is critical...
View ArticleCJK Unified Ideographs Extension B
I tried to paste 21629 [CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B]. It previewed ok, but stripped all content after the character upon posting.
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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...
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Aprikos – Display sans-serif
Hello. My name is Teddy Derkert and this is my first post on Type Drawers so please let me know I'm doing anything wrong I've dabbled in type design before but this year I decided to take it more...
View ArticleAnnouncing protoType – a curated competition & exhibition
SOTA has launched protoType, a competition and forthcoming TypeCon exhibition of speculative typeface design.prototype.typegallery.comSee the full rules. Highlights:• No eligibility timeframe. Even...
View ArticleFont Licensing: The Type Unite initiative
Hi, my name is Thomas Carlsen and I'm a graphic designer and founder of Type Unite. We voluntary inform universities, companies and graphic designers about the importance of font licensing by sending...
View ArticleHabsburg Spain type design?
Could anyone explain the role of the Spanish empire during the 16th and 17th centuries in the history of type design? It seems odd that the largest empire in the world during this period does not seem...
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“Procedural” design software concept?
Just a concept: Is it a good idea to create a “procedural” type design software: every distinct glyph has a "construction workflow" so the data quntity a type designer have to maintain can be minimized?
View ArticleIs one.osf.ss01 a valid glyph name?
In other words, is it okay to have two periods in a glyph name? Cheers!
View ArticleApple - Type Designer - London
https://jobs.apple.com/uk/search?job=43113824#&openJobId=43113824Type DesignerJob Number: 43113824London, Greater London, United KingdomPosted: 12 August 2016Weekly Hours: 35.00Job SummaryThe Type...
View ArticleType Network
http://www.fontbureau.com is now redirecting to http://www.typenetwork.com
View ArticleBooks about the Didots
Are there any good books about the Didots and their work? All I’ve accquired is The Didot Family and the Progress of Printing, which is just a chapbook with limited information and no images. There’s a...
View ArticleTroubleshooting FontLab
is there a troubleshooting section here for technical help? My FontLab has become corrupt so I am unable to use it. I need to restore it to exactly how it was, or it'll be a real pain to have to do it...
View ArticleIn flight entertainment - server or EOM license?
Would anyone here understand how to cost a license for an inflight entertainment system across an airline's fleet?I'm thinking this is likely to be a server license rather than EOM, with a server for...
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