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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...
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Personal Logo Critique
Hello all, I have a bad case of "looking at this too long eyes" and need some pro criticism. This is my personal monogram/freelance logo. I feel like thickness of the /D flared serifs are conflicting...
View ArticleAnybody else want to commission a open source Wordpress type tester?
I’m redesigning my online store. It will probably be Wordpress, and I might commission a developer to create a type tester plugin. Is anybody else interested in splitting development fees to make this...
View ArticleVTT v6.0
Hi all –Does anyone have the installer for the previously-distributed version of VTT? It's at 6.2 on the MS site now and that has bugs and, even though I installed it into a separate directory, it...
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Call for design suggestions: Anglicana W
Our letters V and W are made out of V's, but in Middle English there was another v, called in Unicode Middle-Welsh V, and a sort of doubling of that, with a lot of glyph options, called the Anglicana...
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Munson, a Victorian style slab serif
I have just finished a slab serif for a graphic design project.I wanted a free Clarendon style font but all the good ones are paid for and it seems like all the free ones were not so good.So I set out...
View ArticleIllustrator and Photoshop both support OT variable fonts now
I haven't installed and tried these out yet, just read the release notes. Both Illustrator and Photoshop support OT variable fonts now (October 2017 release). I also noted that Illustrator (at last!)...
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Apply otvar tag to all Variations threads
https://blog.typekit.com/2017/10/19/new-variable-fonts-from-adobe-originals/ points people to http://typedrawers.com/discussions/tagged/otvar but not all the Variations related threads have that tag....
View ArticleRegistering foundry code with Microsoft
I've been contemplating whether or not this is useful and/or necessary, but I'm thinking that I ought to register a 4-char ID my foundry with Microsoft so it appears on their vendor list. Any thoughts...
View ArticleCyrillic afii to Unicode table
Does anyone know of a table that maps Cyrillic afii character codes to the corresponding Unicode values?
View ArticleCyrillic lowercase shha (һ) - ascending vs non-ascending
Just casting about, I am seeing what seems like a fairly even distribution of interpretations of the Cyrillic lowercase shha (һ) U+04BB in fonts that support extended Cyrillic — some are basically a...
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HT LetterSpacer
We, at Huerta Tipográfica, are happy to announce that our method and script for spacing fonts has been released at ATypI 2016 and available online at our Github repository to be used as a Glyphs...
View ArticleOTS forces data chunks in a CMAP format 14 subtable being in order?
As read the source it looks like that, data chunks of Default UVS Tables and Non-Default UVS Tables must be ordered the same as varSelectors, but I did not see any requirements in the Spec restricting...
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DTL OTMaster 5.0 released
A new version of DTL OTMaster (OTM), the highly sophisticated tool for reviewing, editing, and altering tables and glyphs of fonts with a SFNT-file structure, has become available since today. OTM is a...
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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 ArticleWeapon of choice
Hi everyoneI would like to know what do you use to design type on your computer?Do you you use a regular mouse or any other, like a gamer mouse?Do you prefer to use a tablet and a pen?Let me know!I'm...
View ArticleChess Diagram Characters
Many of you may be aware of the three commercial Chess fonts offered by Alpine Electronics, Hastings, Linares, and Zurich.Others of you may be aware of fonts available freely from such designers as...
View ArticleI have two accounts on the board without intending it
Hello,for some reason I have two accounts "Vasil Stanev", one with the smiley face in the avatar and the other without. I did not know this was even possible. Can the acount without the smiley face be...
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Kind of a weird question
Hello all,I'm new here and I have a singular purpose. I am a hobby woodworker and am getting into string inlay. this is a process where you create a thin channel in your wood and embed a thin...
View ArticleConvert a .ttf to CBDT/CBLC format color font?
Hello Everyone,This is my first post to Typedrawers, which kindly allowed me toregister--even though I confesed I'm not a proper type/font expertor designer. Hopefully this is the right posting...
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