Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?
I know the historical reasons for calling type foundries that way even in the digital era, but is there another term we could use instead? When you try to explain what you do, it is hard for some...
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[OTVar] Spacing axis
Recently I proposed to Microsoft the registration of a ‘Spacing axis’ in OpenType Font Variations. Tracking and CSS letterspacing are highly primitive mechanisms and they mess up spacing (for instance...
View ArticleSpecial dash things: softhyphen, horizontalbar
Hi there, I’m doing some character set research and wondering about the following two characters & whether they ought to be supported (and why, and how) – input welcome:softhyphen (uni00AD), aka...
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TYPO Labs 2017 teaser
Together with its longtime (since 1991!) German partner URW++, the Dutch Type Library has organized a special hands-on session focused on the production and modification of variable fonts at the TYPO...
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 Article[OTVar] The highly unlikely situation when your Variable Font morphs to...
The situation when somebody has designed a Variable Font and it's in-between interpolations are accidentally very similar to other designs is rather unlikely...But what if somebody does that with my...
View ArticleAsset managers for corporate licensees – “normals" or font people?
I'm researching font management to help define a role for higher management. But I'm also interested from an ethical standpoint:– Should this be a dedicated font management role (e.g. Pearson, Penguin...
View ArticleThe Pilcrow
In an italic font should the Pilcrow sign be italicised or not ?Many fonts do not italicise the pilcrow but many do.Is there any convention to follow ?
View Article[OTVar] state of font tools for creating OpenType 1.8 variable fonts
It's been great to see the excitement and interest in variable fonts, and to see people beginning to experiment and build prototypes. There's one concern I have in this early phase, though: the risk of...
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
View ArticleCombining marks and outlier letters.
Is it worthwhile to put combining mark anchors in letters like ð, ß, ŋ? Are there enough mad linguists out there that a commaaccent will inevitable end up under a capital eszett? Does this stuff add so...
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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 ArticleIs Anyone Designing Colour Fonts?
I added some coloured Stylistic Alternates for fancy drop capitals to some of my fonts, just because I can using FontCreator from High-Logic, but I don't currently have any application that can support...
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 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...
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[OTVar] Generating SVG outlines from variable font instance
Does anyone know of a way to generate SVG paths from a variable font, given a particular point in the variation space? I might be able to figure it out starting from first principles, but I'm not...
View ArticleBest strategy for releasing new fonts to distributors
Wondering if anyone has had any measurable insights into the best practice for releasing new fonts if you have multiple distributors/resellers. Does it seem better to:a) Release the new font to all...
View Articlehinting 101
Hi all.So I made a font, I put a lot of effort in it, looks good to me (printed).But on screen it sucks!!! (ta na-na-na ta na-na)Never hinted anything, don't know where to start? Is there any script,...
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Space Bar 1.0
Hi everyone,I released the first stable version of my spacing/metrics assistant for Glyphs.app called “Space Bar” today.It’s available for 20€ (15€ for students) on my shop at...
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