Input methods & keyboard deadkeys in various languages
Some languages use multiple or stacked accents, in which case it would be nice to know how they are actually typed. Is there a single resource that lists common dead key combinations in various languages?
View ArticleA list of regrettable font names
10: Gyparody9: Mlurmlry8: Welfare Brat7: Sayso Chic6: Stampoo5: Relish Gargler4: Cutiful3: Mail Ray Stuff2: Po Beef1: HuxtableBeat that!
View ArticleTypeDrawers Member Appreciation
From time to time the management will identify those TypeDrawers members who consistently add relevant insight and interest to a variety of discussions on the site. There are no awards to hand out,...
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Freitag — toying around with a geometric display sans
So I've had this inexplicable urge to start drawing one of the most redundant fonts imaginable — a geometric display sans. In particular, I thought I'd try to make it stand out from the crowd with some...
View ArticleCorpid @ appreciation thread
I think I have a secret crush on @-symbol of Corpid by Luc de Groot. Isn't that original?
View ArticleThe Eternal Letter: the Book and the Event
I am pleased to announce the publication of The Eternal Letter: Two Millennia of the Classical Roman Capital, edited by Paul Shaw and published by The MIT Press. It is the first in an annual series...
View ArticleBroken: Mentioning usernames that have spaces
When you type an “@” you get a popup menu with user suggestions. After selecting a user, the mention is written thusly: @Stephen Coles. This syntax doesn’t work. So, this is just a note that I am aware...
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Understanding the LeMo cadence grid
I'm trying to apply the cadence grid model from Notes on patterns and grids to help me space a new font; the results are turning out a bit strange so I want to check I understand it properly. Looking...
View ArticleCrooked man on a crooked path
For the past few months, I have been working many hours a day on the italic version of a sans I began 10 years ago. To compare, I revisited the upright version just now to find my eyes had gotten so...
View ArticleAverage number of type designers in a type design group.
I'm guessing this number is around 1.1? That is to say, the vast majority of type design groups, people who work together daily on type design and development, number one person. And there are several...
View ArticleLatin Extended-B Languages?
Hey there, I wanted to know which languages are part of the Latin Extended-B set. I can find the glyphs but not the languages that they support.Are they very 'important'? Or should I focus on other...
View ArticleVainilla – Something Old-school
Hello. I’m a recent emigré from Typophile, and I’d like to submit my work for criticism and suggestions. Here is a complete family – Vainilla Avec (“with serif”) and Sans, both in regular and bold...
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M75: going nowhere
Hello, all. I just can't make this (these) work... many of the individual bits are nice, but as a whole, they don't link up—much like the nearby eponymous highway, there are all sorts of things...
View ArticleHow to use ttfautohint
Hi all,Dave Crossland asked me to make a short screencast showing how I used ttfautohint for my own Proza Libre. Thought you might be interested. https://vimeo.com/140530738
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r rotunda in inscriptions
Hi – Looking at some ~18th century inscriptions recently got me wondering about the alternate “round” form of the lowercase r in blackletter inscriptions. Wikipedia calls this the “r rotunda” and says...
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Better Curves -- Advice?
Rather than relying exclusively on Christian Thalmann's generous (and much-appreciated) advice (where do you get the time?!), I figured it might be a good idea to start a new thread. I don't expect it...
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Legibility
First off:Is it common to think that humanists are more legible than grotesks? Is it just something I made up in my head?If not,As I have recently discovered, if I take a grotesk and put a humanistic...
View ArticleAre empty DSIG tables in a font useless?
Years ago, I asked Thomas Phinney why I was seeing an "Opentype" icon - that is, an icon with an "0" on it - instead of the usual TrueType icon being displayed in Windows XP for TrueType fonts. He told...
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New brush typeface: Inky (?)
So I have dusted off this typeface that I started around two years ago. I actually started out creating the lowercase letters, based on some illustrations and loose text sketches of mine. [background...
View ArticleFont Convertor
Can anyone recommend the best app that would allow me to edit (batch process?) completed .ufo and .otf files?I'm interested in being able to do something to the effect of 'find and replace' for font...
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