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Collecting/sharing unusual symbol designs
Hey guys!So i thought it might be fun to gather a couple of symbol designs that are somewhat unusual,would be nice if any of you would like to participate and share some "fundstücke"Heres a neat...
View ArticleUFO to TTF for Webfonts
Hey,I was wondering what your average process looks like for generating webfonts. Is there a good way to generate preliminary TTF Files from your instance UFOs (possibly on the command line, so things...
View ArticleFun type draft
I have started this typeface yesterday, to clear up my mind a bit. At the beginning I thought about making only the upper case set but then decided to see how it goes with a relatively standard lower...
View ArticleWindows, ttfautohint, and 'strong stem width/positioning'
I am trying to apply ttfautohint to a font generated in FontForge, but I seem to be having problems with the "strong stem width and positioning" settings. As far as I understand, this is supposed to...
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Secure Fonts
Tempest is a term in the computer security world for being able to read the contents of (amongst other things) computer screens remotely by looking at the electromagnetic emanations leaking from the...
View ArticleTypeSnitch Project Update
Hello Fellow Font Designers,I have some very exciting news about TypeSnitch that I'm delighted to share with you!Since July of 2012 when I first announced the TypeSnitch effort, I was overwhelmed with...
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TYPO Labs 2017 Berlin, April 6-8
The second TYPO Labs conference will be held in April 2017, once again in Berlin but this time it will run for an additional day, from April 6 – 8. Whether you’re a font engineer or a typeface...
View ArticleType Design Workshops or Classes in LA
Does anyone know of any good type design workshops or classes here in Los Angeles? I've been searching around but haven't had any luck finding one. If not an in-person workshop, are there any good...
View ArticleQ: "Moderately modern, but not futurist, book jacket design by Morrison"?
Hans Rudolf Bosshard in his book "Regel und Intuition"* on page 16 writes "and then I remember that, in a book about typography, an image of a moderately modern, but not futurist, book jacket design by...
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Glitches in FL5, not in MS Word
This is the same glyph (from Facto Bold, a Jonathan Hill of The Northern Block typeface).Note the glitches seen only in FL5.What's going on here?(Technical details: I'm using Windows 10, the file type...
View ArticleOpen source font tester?
Hi there,In the coming months I will re-design my website and I would like to know if there is an Open Source or commercial Font Tester out there you can recommend? I'd rather not choose rented systems...
View ArticleFinal production steps
Scenario: You've just finished a great design for a family of fonts. In order to have the entire font family to be recognized and grouped properly in apps (as cross-platform as possible), what specific...
View ArticleHow do I tell if a given .otf file is TT or PS-flavored?
I'm using Windows 10 (I've also got access to FL5, if comes to that).
View ArticleUnits per em
From your experience, does the choice of "units per em" (e.g., 1000, 1024, 2048) make a difference in font functionality? Any reason you choose one size over another? I have generally used 1000, but...
View ArticleFat-hatan on final Alef in Arabic
In orthography of the Arabic language, there is a condition where a noun ending with “fat-hatan tanween” (double fat-ha nunation) will have an Alef added to the end to support such tanween,...
View ArticleHome office vs. office
I wonder how many of you guys works at home/home office - the same location you live and sleep?
View ArticleOS/2 fsSelection useTypoMetrics
I've recently been learning more about the OS/2 fsSelection useTypoMetrics flag and was wondering how commonly type designers set that flag in your fonts. Do you set it in your fonts? Or purposefully...
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Alive Serif
Since last November I've been working on a serif typeface and it's gotten to the point that with my current ability i'm not sure how to progress further-so I thought I'd post what I have on here.For...
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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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Color will be the new Italic. Color will be the new Bold.
Some time ago we asked ourselves the question: ‘Why do type designers traditionally think in black and white?’Why indeed? The world is colorful, the web is colorful, Hollywood does not produce any...
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