Why FontCreator hardly used by professionals?
Hi, I'm pretty new here and I have this question. I saw some of my friends use this FontCreator to creat their fonts for personal uses, learning purpose etc... But I don't know why this software hardly...
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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...
View ArticleFont-specific emoji
Is this a thing? *when* will this become a thing? Who doesn't want a Garamond :taco: or a Gotham :heart eyes:? I feel like this would've made a great Typophile battle, back in the day.
View ArticleGlyphs AND Robofont
I am just trying Glyphs rightnow and have to use the older version, because my OS is not compatible with V2. I am just thinking if there are any benefits in combining Glyphs with Robofont? I mean it...
View ArticleDoes Kannada actually use nukta?
Kannada has a nukta, u+0CBC. But I can’t confirm that nukta is actually used in Kannada. Bright doesn’t mention it in The World’s Writing Systems, Ziegler doesn’t mention it, and neither do the...
View ArticleFirst font license
Hello there. I've been doing an extensive research (maybe I'm not using the right terms), but I'm trying to find out the steps to get my font to license; by that I mean: what do I have to do to sell a...
View ArticleDoes VTT display the hints in a hinted font?
I know that VTT won’t let me edit hints already in a font. But if I just open a hinted font and look at the glyphs does VTT render the font as it is hinted? Or does it show the font as it would appear...
View ArticleAutomatic composites in Fontlab
Hello!Fontlab automatically creates composites by double clicking a glyph window open. Or used to. Does anybody have an idea how to turn that feature back on?
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Corpus Analysis: Why?
Hi! Something that has always puzzled me is how type designers use corpus analysis in their process. How does knowing the frequency of glyphs, or glyph pairs influence your decision making?In the...
View ArticleMetrics Machine
I hear good things about Metrics Machine, but the product description suggests that it mostly does the same things FL's kerning tools do, though with a better UI. (Though scaling caps kerning for small...
View ArticleDagger Symbol Design
I'm curious about the design of the dagger symbol. After looking up its history, it seems to originate from a more abstract form (relatively similar to the division symbol?) than the more cross-like...
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What is this glyph?
I have created this glyph:It is a combination of the top of an x and the tail of a g. It was intended to be a latin letter gamma (ɣ) made more roman and less like a greek letter gamma (γ). But I think...
View ArticleMy first typeface (a student project), would like some advice
It's not a matter of extreme importance, but since this is my first experience in type design, I would like to get some advice regarding letterforms and their mutual cohesiveness, just to have in mind...
View ArticleURW++ Acquired by Global Graphics (UK) for US$5M
http://inpublic.globenewswire.com/2015/09/15/Global+Graphics+SE+Acquisition+of+URW+Design+Development+GmbH+HUG1952206.htmlhttp://www.globalgraphics.com/investors/press-releases/2015/09/15/global-graphi...
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Fenton Typeface Family
Hello everyone, I have designed a typeface family. It's name is Fenton. My first typeface design. Fenton Typeface Family comes with 6 weights. The design was inspired by (convex) camber. It has a...
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‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil
In the exquisite setting of the Museum Plantin-Moretus the Inside/Outside exhibition, organized by the Plantin Institute of Typography, was opened on Saturday 17 May 2014. The exhibition comprises work...
View ArticleWhat were the first OpenType font releases? And when?
Lots of sources claim 2000 as the year the first OT fonts hit the market, but they don’t cite any reference. Perhaps this assumption is derived from the fact that Windows 2000 was the first OS to...
View ArticleCapital Spacing
With the cpsp feature, if I have lining figures as default, should I include them in this feature or not? I'm not sure if users apply cpsp globally or selectively. Wouldn't want default lining figures...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to handle the Navajo iogonekacute?
I take it the dot should go (?), so it should be assembled from a dotless i, with combining acute and ogonek. All examples I’ve seen in text were iogonek + combining acute, with tittle and acute. Is...
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