Encoding / supporting multiple languages
Hi, I'm working on a font that an agency want to use in a campaign and different agencies across Europe will be using it. It has to support some central European languages as well western European...
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...
View ArticleThis Week in Type: I Left My 💝 in ‑apple-system-body
needed? needed. Prince sure has been dead a long time. Writing his icon in Unicode. (Imagine the unsympathetic response to a proposal to add that pictograph to Unicode. You can guess who would be most...
View ArticleFont Modification Restrictions
With EULA Font Modification restrictions, is the restriction limited to the actual working font file(s)? Do modification definitions ever include font outline data as well? How are modification...
View ArticleFont Validator 2.0 arrived.
A few people had said that I should give it numbered versions over the course of last year. I have always thought that when I have finished filling in all the parts that Microsoft did not release, and...
View ArticleTypeface revival and copyright
When does it become legally sound to do a revival of a typeface using printed sources, for example a typeface being in the public domain or asking the copyright holder's permission? And does it differ...
View ArticleNon-Latin in the "name" table
I have a bunch of stupid questions about OpenType tables. Let's kick off with one about localisation in the name table: What character encoding should be used for non-Latin entries? The specification...
View ArticleLink to my atypI lecture on font licensing
Hi! everyone here has been so encouraging about me sharing my nerdy talk about business side stuff. So, continuing to impose on your attention spans: youtu.be/V-JgSr9GwJQ
View ArticleNon-Latin-only font?
Hi everyone,is it still true that Non-Latin fonts need to contain a basic Latin character set to be considered valid fonts?What are known technical limitations of Non-Latin-only fonts?Thank you!
View ArticleType Network
http://www.fontbureau.com is now redirecting to http://www.typenetwork.com
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Letterform identification
Hello typedrawers,I was wondering if anybody could have any trouble on identifying one of these letters at first sight. I would like to hear from you any thoughts.Thanks
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Barlow - A headline grotesk for the EFF
Hi, all, this is my first post here, though I've met some of you online and in person.I'm very new to type design, but I dove in after we hosted a Crafting Type event at the Electronic Frontier...
View ArticleApostrophe word list
Hi all, anyone have a list of common words and cases (in Latin script languages) with the apostrophe?
View Article[OTVar & Math]: approximating arbitrary function to OTVar masters.
The situation is that, if, your point coordinate, or metric, is not manually maintained in a MM flavor, but calculated from something else, like a constraint solver, what is the best way to construct a...
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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...
View ArticleImplementing LCD AA over transparent background
Given that subpixel R, G and B have different coverage, it requires six-channels to represent the full blending mechanism (RGB, and three corresponding alphas). However, can the three alpha channels be...
View ArticleSVG monochrome fonts.
All this talk of browsers supporting color SVG fonts is exciting: gradients, transparencies, strokes, patterns, embedded bitmaps. Could this SVG font technology could be used to support monochrome SVG...
View Articlemultiple master help
Hi all, type enthusiast here.Im interested in some time savers for generating more weights in FontLab.Im using old mac (10.5. dont ask -.- ) so cant install robofab, Superpolator, etc.Is it possible to...
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Variable Font UI and Licensing
Hi all, i’ve been continuing to work on Typeshift, a design tool for quickly testing type (especially variable fonts) in the browser. (Wasn’t actually sure what board to put this under, hope this is...
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