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Simple script: Find and complete real ascender and descender values in all...
Hi there,This script will find the highest and lowest Y values in all open fonts (typically a family) and use them to fill the OpenType specific font metrics values. Works in Fontlab + Robofab (and...
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Aksharaya calligraphy manuals
In the "shut up and take my money" department, Aksharaya have prepared six calligraphy manuals for the upcoming Typoday 2016 conference in Bangalore - introductory manuals for Devanagari, Nastaliq...
View ArticleRest in Peace dear Karl Gerstner
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ggk-agency_typographer-karl-gerstner-dies/42808072
View ArticleInverste Slant / Italic font modification
Hi,I am not a font designer. I hope I post my question in the right category.I have researched inverste slanted / italic fonts on the internet with unfortunately little successI am writing a lot of...
View ArticleFontArk
HiDid anyone here try Fontark?I'm involved in the development of it and would like to hear (and share) some opinions, it is still in early stage but already capable of some wonders. We represent a...
View ArticleBerthold bullies competing font producers – report here when you’re hit by them
On request by Berthold Direct Corp. (Chicago) Myfonts has excluded my font Popelka from sales on Dec. 30, 2016. Berhold’s claim is, according to J. Collins of MyFonts, “that the name sounds confusingly...
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Windows 10 Font Rendering Blues (and Reds and Greens)
Just upgraded to a new system, and while I’m mostly enjoying Win 10, its font rendering is horridiculous on my TV monitor. Stems that are most definitely the same width generally aren’t, even between...
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An aerographic detail
I don’t know if anyone noticed it earlier, I did only recently. Those bits – serifs? aerifs?? – change their position dependent on the air flow direction. Funny idea, actually.
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Merchant of Alphabets
A few years ago (due to my research for "Linotype: The Film) I came across the book "Merchant of Alphabets" by Reginald Orcutt. It is a fascinating book published in 1945 about Orcutt's work and...
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OpenType SVG color fonts coming to Windows 10 :)
During the keynote talk at the Microsoft Build conference, at 2:22:51 Kevin Gallo showed a slide outlining the new developer-related features of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update that will ship in the...
View ArticleAnfíbia - new display font
Hello! It is the second time I come post my job here for analysis, this latter is also derived from the design shown here. In this new typeface left the art nouveau influences more explicit in Cap,...
View ArticleDedicate library for identifying strokes/stems?
Sometimes I am wondering that there would be a library for stroke/stem identification. Input an outline and output the identified strokes/stems with point index correspondence.Should I extract them...
View ArticleOpentype case & eszett
I tried to specify two special substitutions in my case feature:ß > ẞĸ > K‘In Adobe’s enviroment ß becomes SS and ĸ remains ĸ, but OpenType-savvy browsers respect my feature. I understand there...
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Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?
I would like to get responses from germans especially. An option I'm considering would be to include the smallcap eszett as a discretionary ligature.
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 Article[OTVar] OpenType 1.8.1 released
We've just published a new minor-version update of the OpenType spec: OpenType 1.8.1. This update was primarily aimed at refinements related to OpenType Font Variations, but there were a few...
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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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Webfont vertical metrics strategies
Glyphs app has one strategy for webfonts while Google Fonts has another. Could anyone explain what's going on?
View ArticleThe Mysteries of the Unicode Table
Rather than start a new thread every time I have a question about some obscure glyphs, I figured it'd be better to create a new thread as a catch-all. Feel free to chime in with your own questions.This...
View Article[OTVar] Typos and editorial issues with OT 1.8
Reading the OpenType Font Variations Overview today to get my head around the new shiny, I noticed a number of oddities:Introduction:Each axis is defined by a numeric range, using 16.16 floating...
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