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Our first steel punches
This is the first punch I've cut. The model was a Tavernier's Ascendonica T that is missing in the matrices kept at the Plantin Moretus Museum (MA 77) but can be found in printing in a number of...
View ArticleFreelance Font Engineer (remote)
We are looking for an experienced freelance font engineer to work remotely on font mastering and production. Applicant must be familiar with industry standard software / command line tools and be able...
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What, no Covfefe font yet?
I’m surprised. Google has nothing, not even a freebie.But if you’re wracking your brains for new typeface names and draw the line at trumpery, here are some ideas from a June 1968 ad in Art Direction...
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Macedonian italic /gje localization
References for the Serbian localization of Cyrillic generally cite б г д п т as those with different preferred cursive forms. These Serbian alternates are then also recommended for Macedonian...
View ArticleSomething for the type nerd in the family
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benbf/the-font-deck-a-playing-card-guide-to-typographyLooks kinda fun, good for students. I have an old deck of WWII plane spotter cards that work similar to this,...
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Odd font rendering issue/puzzel
The screen caps I’ve uploaded here are from font that’s one of a layered font family I am making. The images are size-as and show a strange rendering oddity that only happens to the letters N, plus...
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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...
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Sporty all-caps display face
I'm attempting to design a full face, extrapolating from a logo design (of mine). Very early stages and I'd love (and appreciate) any feedback or direction that anyone cared to levy. First draft of...
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Copyright notice - deliverables placement - end user perspective
End user perspective, from our Marketing department: Marketing department said:It is unclear to me where we need to place the copyright information, but in my view this would not be in any marketing...
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...
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First counterpunching experience
Today I struck mi first counterpunch. To leave a reasonable depression on the punch's surface took about 12 or more blows with a 3 kilos hammer. More than what I've expected And I had to place the...
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Type Idea Sketches
Hello everyone! Lots of new faces.I've been sketching some font ideas out, but I haven't digitized anything because I don't have experience yet. I'd like some critique on these ideas, though.1.2.3....
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Arctedo
Early stage artdecorativish face. The whole thing started from the idea for the M' and from it to the N' and W' and the rest.Have a lot of styling issues, but I'd like to get some feedback on it at...
View ArticleInterpolating fonts in FontForge
Hi all,I am going crazy with FF's obstinacy. I try and try to interpolate between two font weights (middle to come later), one time it works one time it doesn't, the Element/Interpolate option is blank...
View ArticleNew Open Source Font by Production Type: Spectral
I just saw this announcement for a new typeface called "Spectral", commissioned by Google (Dave Crossland?) for Google Docs:...
View ArticleMinion Pro Phonetic
http://www.typophile.com/node/103873Does anyone have a relevant contact(s) for a set of "ready-made" characters?
View ArticleRecommended Type Design and Typography Books
I've read through the below books in the first list here and enjoyed them all, with The Elements of Typographic Style possibly my favorite. Are there any in the second list that would be considered...
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Could this be a new approach to Arabic type design?
I know most of the type masters here ordinary don't design Arabic fonts. But what I'm trying to say is a general and technical question and I try to make it short.In Persian / Arabic fonts we have 4...
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There's two variants of old cursive/script lowercase d – rules on usage?
A document from 1918. Beginnings of words have traditional /d, while in the middles there's oldstyle version. Seemed like a rule until I found this:Mistake or exception? Another question: how would d_d...
View ArticleHow to generate bdf fonts
Can some one guide me how to generate BDF fonts? Is there any specif tools available to generate it. Is BDF fonts is going to support kern space
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