New font distribution app: letrs.io
https://www.letrs.ioSeems similar to the recently deceased fontyou from Paris
View ArticleLicensing Unit: Devices vs Users
I’m curious how many of you (whether you’re a foundry writing your EULA or a consumer choosing fonts) have pondered the decision of whether to license fonts by CPU or by User. The former seems to me to...
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Norse Sans, Geometric & Grotesque
I'm a UI/UX designer by trade. This will be my first serious typeface I've worked on. The brief of Norse Sans is to be a comfortable read on displays, both body sized text and larger titles. Because of...
View ArticleYammer post from a colleague – now help us make that happen.
Michele Laseau (US Art Director) said:I'm always looking for inspiration for typography, and I like to share simple examples of it's impact with the Editorial Teams. I just came across this great video...
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Funtauna (rectangular slab serif)
Funtauna is a still unfinished slab serif with rectangular joints: There are no kerning tables yet, but I consider the general spacing as more or less done.Later, I will add also a light face and...
View ArticleOpentype features I wish to use
If this request is off limits - please delete it or let me know how to do so myself.I'm an amateur collector and user of fonts and would like to make some use of opentype features.I have both free and...
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Skeletal script face
Hi All,I frequented the Typophile equivalent of this board a good few years back and always found it helpful. I’ve drawn my fair share of amateur letters since (primarily for logomarks or identity...
View ArticleFonts in use - what annoys you?
Type designers: what irks you most when you see your fonts in use? For example – fonts designed for small point sizes being used in display environments?
View ArticleAny standard GSUB feature tag for infant/single-storey variants?
Hi allAs making a Chinese typeface I'd like to give a final solution for the Pinyin-European problem. When typesetting European words the letter a and g are usually double-storey, however when used for...
View ArticleWhat would happen if in a VVAR table for CFF2, both TSB and VORG data exist &...
Since the y-maximum may not representable in value + delta mechanism (the point being top-most changes), TSB and VORG data may run into a conflict about the vertical origin of certain glyphs. In this...
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Icelandic - acceptable eth height?
Anybody know whether or not the eth has to ascend to full ascender height? I think it looks better in this work in progress between ascender height and t-height, but I'm not Icelandic, so any advice...
View ArticleOpenType 1.8.2 errata
We've just posted two errata for OpenType 1.8.2—a couple of details in 'PCLT' and 'vhea' chapters that were wrong. https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/errata.htm
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Bugazoo letterbat
Bugazoo is a Garamond-based letterbat, all caps font where every creature tells you it's name and kind, an artist interpretation of various cryptids from around the world. A personal project, it is...
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[OTVar] Changing tracking/HVAR
I’m not sure if I understand all of the involved parts/tables correctly yet, thus my question.Is it possible to build an axis that adjusts the tracking of a font by just using the HVAR table?I have...
View ArticleShould we formalize the OT Spec?
As OTVar being added, OpenType finally become a programming language somehow...So should we formalize it, by defining the semantics of a font into a formalized language (like, Coq or Idris), and define...
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Tengwar Latin and Cyrillic
Hello friends,I have been working for some time on some of the scripts from The Lord of the Rings in my pastime. Whether one is a fan of the books or not, I hope that the below designs will be pleasing...
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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 ArticleAntarctican Cyrillic
Attached is a proof of my first attempt at Cyrillic in five years. It’s just basic capitals so far. This is a monospaced font, so there’s some weird stuff going on. It’s designed for retina displays at...
View ArticleRussian and Bulgarian cyrillic kern-strings
Hi*I've already googled around for this obviously — but maybe somebody has something they'd like to share?
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Logotype turned Typeface
Hey friends,I'm looking for some thoughts / guidance on a new typeface underway (PDF attached)! A little background on this typeface: I completed this logotype months back and had a crazy amount of...
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