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New: LeMo V5
DTL LetterModeller (LeMo) is an application for the exploration and parameterisation of (certain parts of) type-design processes. It is developed by yours truly with the programming help of my longtime...
View ArticleDafont has been hacked
This morning I got a notification from haveibeenpwned.com that my credentials at dafont.com have been exposed due to a data breach. Zdnet has the story. If you have a dafont account, please change your...
View Article[OTVar] Variable fonts in Windows 10 Creators Update and Insider previews
If people are using the Windows 10 Creators Update or the more recent Windows Insider Preview builds, we have a bug bash in progress, with "Quests" which are scenarios we invite people to try out. One...
View ArticleApproaching Kerning Groups or Classes
I'm looking for some advice on how to approach defining kerning groups or classes as they are referred to in various software.Perhaps the most obvious group would include the uppercase letter A and all...
View ArticleNewbie interested in font design
Hello All!Brand new here and I am involved in engraving and software design. I have written software that extracts the vector information from fonts and applies algorithms to make them suitable for CNC...
View ArticleAt what point of the design process do you start digitising your drawings?
Hello, I am new to type design and I am currently working on my very first typeface. So far I have sketched out most of the lowercase and uppercase letters on paper.I was wondering, at what point do...
View ArticleTiro Typeworks is hiring a font maker
After twenty-four years as a two-person shop, often working with associate (external) designers — all of which will continue —, Ross and I have decided it's time to also hire someone for a full-time...
View ArticleIgnoring mark to mark anchors for a specific base glyph
I have baseA glyph with mark1 and mark2 anchors. I also have markA with mark1 and mkmk anchors, and markB glyph with mark2 and mkmk anchors. Normally when markB follows markA it will be positioned...
View ArticleDesigning workflow
Hello everybody,I want to share with you my workflow to have an opinion about every step, cause i m not sure i m doing it well.1- start drawing and designing letter on a multiple master file on...
View ArticleLibreOffice 5.3.0 adds OpenType Layout feature support
LibreOffice 5.3.0 is a new version of the free office suite for Windows, macOS and Linux. Among its many new features is a fully-revamped text engine which uses HarfBuzz and supports both automatic and...
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Would you like to own a typographer's mould?
Dear colleagues,In the coming months there will be a number of typographer's moulds produced in the Netherlands similar to the one in the picture. They will be working devices able to cast metal...
View ArticlePublic domain pros and cons
What are the disadvantages of releasing a typeface as public domain as opposed to creative commons? Assume in this case I don't care about controlling the project after it's been released, don't expect...
View ArticleSmall caps as a variable font axis in Glyphs?
Does anyone know how to add small caps as an axis in the GX file produced by Glyphs? There's a font superfamily I'm working on (Barlow - https://tribby.com/projects/barlow) and I'd like to keep small...
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Article on typography & culture wars
https://backchannel.com/how-fonts-are-fueling-the-culture-wars-f9d692101feaThis post is more like @Dave Crossland 's posting, but one has got to do something different once in a while. happy reading.
View ArticlePunchcutting materials: Steel
As the first post in the Punchcutting room, I thought I was a good idea to start with one of the first questions we have when attempting to cut punches by the first time: Which steel to use and where...
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Letter Critique
Hello,I am new to TypeDrawers. I have just had a group project at school where we had to make a magazine. We chose to make one on green technology, and I offered to make our wordmark because I hope to...
View ArticleLiterature
In another thread, Ramiro very kindly linked to my page on punchcutting literature at http://circuitousroot.com/artifice/letters/press/typemaking/literature/punchcutting/index.html But this threw me...
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Punchcutting tools: Loupes, etc
Punchcutters in the 20th century seems to have mostly used 2 kind of loupes for punchcutting: traditional jewellers eyepieces (you can see P. H. Rädisch and M. Carter using them at Enschede in several...
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Punchcutting tools: the drawing box
The punchcutters from the Imprimerie Nationale use a curious instrument to transfer drawings to the punch's surface that I haven't seen anywhere else: the drawing box (boîte à tracer). In Christian...
View ArticlePunchcutting tools: gravers
Gravers are an essential punchcutting tool. So far I've experimented with two brands: Vallorbe and Lyons.Vallorbe gravers are considered to be the best available and are made of two different kind of...
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