TypeDrawers Member Appreciation
From time to time the management 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,...
View ArticleNYC-based type teachers: HALP
So I'm totally going to be in Mexico (oops) for my first class next Thursday evening. I'm teaching Type 2 and was hoping someone might be around to fill in for me at City College? I usually spend the...
View ArticleNoticeably Absent from TypeCon
At the risk of starting another...shall we say, emotional exchange, I wanted to pose an observation I had at last weekend's TypeCon. There was a visible lack of representation from certain foundries...
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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...
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TTFAutohint: Grayscale / GDI / DW ?
Hi there, Can someone explain (or point a webpage where it is explained) in what occasions it's necessary to choose each or all of the 3 "Strong Stem width and positioning" TTFAutohint options...
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Condensed Typography
I've been scouring typography primers lately looking for things written specifically about setting condensed type. Surprisingly little has turned up. I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions for...
View ArticleNaming font styles in various languages
I’d like to collect the names of the styles within a family in a few languages, other than English.Globalization is Ok, but having labels in one’s own tongue is Ok, too. Yes, I’m thinking about editing...
View ArticleCCMP one-to-many InDesign
I have a feature that decomposes some accented glyphs, for example Aogonek to A + combining ogonek. This works as expected in Chrome, but it doesn’t work in InDesign – not even if I use the World-Ready...
View ArticleIs there a non-manual way to remove horizontal TT instuctions in FontLab
Hi, Maybe I’m lucky and there is a way to remove all horizontal TT instructions (controlling the vertical stems and margins) in FL, using a script for example. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with...
View Article₪ serif?
Does anyone create the new sheqel in a serifed style when developing a serifed face? I notice that Monotype's version of TNR keeps it sans. Also, I did a little searching and notice this simply isn't...
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The letter S
I found this old article today, which was originally published in the Periodica Polytechnica (scientific journal of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics) in 1979. It covers issues...
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Itis - Serif Typeface (sorry for the name)
I am a young font designer. I need some help designing my first publishable font, Itis. (I have experimented far more.) It is mainly boring and economical, but it has some quirks. Please be as...
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M75: going nowhere
Hello, all. I just can't make this (these) work... many of the individual bits are nice, but as a whole, they don't link up—much like the nearby eponymous highway, there are all sorts of things...
View ArticleMonotype seeking full time Senior Type Designer in the UK
Monotype is a leading global provider of type, technology and expertise, enabling optimal user experiences and brand integrity. Monotype offers one of the world’s largest and most highly regarded...
View ArticleTypography Videos (Website)
Hey everyoneHere is a website that I've created with some feedback from TypeDrawers.Right now there's a lot of conferences and type related videos (+70 videos an I have a ton to...
View ArticleMy first typeface (a student project), would like some advice
It's not a matter of extreme importance, but since this is my first experience in type design, I would like to get some advice regarding letterforms and their mutual cohesiveness, just to have in mind...
View ArticleUsing OpenType to distinguish tone letters?
Anybody know whether it has been ventured to use OpenType features to parse out and then visually distinguish tone letters (as used in Romanization schemes to transcribe non-Latin languages)?
View ArticleProblem with FontLab interpolated class kerning
I'm working on the 2 extremes of a family and keeping the same pairs for each then blending between. This works fine for the caps, but if I try the lowercase, (or anything else) they won't show on the...
View ArticleTypeDrawers & typography on a handheld device
I'm sure most of you opt to catch up on your laptops, but following the recent diversity thread had me using my phone more frequently and I found the reading experience a bit cramped. For me when text...
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Paramond — an extreme display serif
As I posted on Typophile, this Monday I had a sudden impulse to doodle an exaggerated light, contrasted, space-taking Garalde with impossibly tiny counters, long extenders and no respect for long...
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