Detect Opentype Features of a font file via Browser
I'm looking for a way to find out, via web browser, perhaps by uploading or drag/drop of a font file in the most familiar extensions (.otf, .ttf, .woff, .eot) what OpenType features are present in a...
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Glyph Collector
During the first semester of the current school year, KABK-LetterStudio student Gábor Kerekes programmed a small nifty tool in the context of the ‘1001 ways to digitize type’ module, named Glyph...
View ArticleEd Ruscha Continues His Wordplay
Artist as Type Designer. Eventually, some of the words were written out in a typeface of his own invention, dubbed “Boy Scout Utility Modern,” which is used for the works in the current...
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Why these multi-color fonts are upside down in Photoshop CC 2017?
Hi,I got so excited when I heard about the new Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 version which supports SVG multi-color fonts.But when I try to check this new feature, some of the fonts get upside down! These...
View ArticleChanging outline ttf. font to single stroke (engraving) font.
Hi, I am looking for ways to convert ttf. standard fonts to single stroke fonts for my pen plotter. If I use standard fonts then text is with empty side and doesn't resembles handwriting (my purpose is...
View Article[OTVar] Registered axes candidates
As explained in 'The core technology' section of my introductory article on variable fonts:Five more-or-less common axes of variation have registered axis tags in the OpenType Font Variations...
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 ArticleOpentype feature auto-disable?
I've been searching around for any way to automatically disable an open type feature when a second feature is activated (within the opentype coding). For example, I don't want discretionary ligatures...
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Roter – A Monospaced Grotesque
Hello all,I've been working on this monospaced project on and off for a few months now, and have reached a stage where I'd really appreciate some feedback.I'm new on here, so a little about my type...
View ArticleAnother round of (additional) analysis on libre fonts.
Hi, Since FontVal 2.0 was released and I uploaded the subset of 2000 libre font reports on hinting [1] & the glyf tables [2], I hope some people have been busy fixing them. If not, "soon" would be...
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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 ArticleOpenType features for Armenian not working in PDF exported from MS Word
The features work correctly in MS Word, but upon export to pdf they fail. Analogical features for Latin and Cyrillic work correctly in the exported pdf file. The font file was crafted in FontForge, the...
View ArticleCache clearing in FontExplorer X Pro
Curious if others have had trouble with the newer version of FontExplorer. I used the old free version since it came out and it worked perfectly for what I do. The last year or so when I upgraded my OS...
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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 ArticleAuthoritative source for the ATypI Vox classification
Hello Typedrawers,I was wondering if anybody is aware of a publicly available source for the ATypI Vox classification, either the originally accepted or the amended 2010 version? The wikipedia page...
View ArticleDates foundries joined ATF.
I know there’s a book that lists the years different foundries were absorbed into ATF. But I cannot remember which one and I’m not having any luck on my shelves. Does anybody happen to remember which...
View ArticleTypefaces minisites
Hello,I remember seeing a website that collected all the typefaces' minisites, but I'm unable to find it again after some extensive googling. It wasn't just a list but had a screenshot for every site....
View ArticleArchiving of digital fonts and foundry websites for the future?
Went to an interesting conference in Exeter a couple of weeks ago called the Graphical Web. There was one bit of particular interest (though it was more a side discussion to the actual talk), and that...
View Articleproject Roarrr
Hello,Could you give me same advice for improvement of the letter structure and visual homogeneousness of the stem width? Here is bold version attached, all comments are welcome, Thank You
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Underware releases "Zeitung" family with Variable Font + Adobe CC plugin
http://www.underware.nl/fonts/zeitung/features/Flex/ is interesting - a Adobe CC plugin to make Variable Fonts 'work today' The http://www.underware.nl homepage is also great
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