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Why some color fonts turns black in huge sizes on Adobe products?
I saw that some color fonts including this one of mine turns black when you transform the layer in Adobe PS for example. Of course I mean for texts larger than 1296 pt which Adobe doesn't support...
View Article[OTVar] Dependent axes?
As saw the axes proposal from Type Network, it worth saying that, if the fvar can support dependent axes, it would help solving some complex situations (like building a composite font from two VFs with...
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FontLab VI now shipping
FontLab VI is here! Unleash your type design creativity with FontLab VI, our ultra bold font editor. Design and edit glyphs more easily than ever, draw multi-color fonts, or make variable fonts. Type...
View ArticleRomanée – New Release?
Hi everybody!Here’s Kai from the Lazydogs Typefoundry. Since months we’re sitting on a font family ready to release. Unfortunately we have some legal issues to be solved. Therefore we wanted to discuss...
View ArticleLow vision calendar company seeks a better font
Greetings,I am a legally-blind small businessman. I produce the EZ2See® weekly planner calendar. Google "EZ2See calendar" or visit my website at: EZ2SeeProducts.com to see what I'm doing.My graphic...
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Google Docs problem
As you can see on the attached picture, Roboto font is showing different bold variants while Gudea is not, both fonts are installed locally and in other programs they work but not in Docs why is that...
View ArticlePlaying around with Venetians
Hi ! After drawing Geranium, which was already inspired by Jenson and Venetians, I am trying to do something around Jenson itself. That was a very old dream, naïve and enthusiast. Here are my first...
View Articledefine custom axes in .designspace file to generate a variable font through...
I’ve been trying to implement a variable rendition of Wim Crouwel’s New Alphabet typeface by following this guide. I did get to generate a working .tff with a standard weight variation, but would like...
View ArticleUpcoming Competitions?
Hey everyone! I was wondering if there are any upcoming type design competitions? I know the deadline for TDC just passed, but perhaps in the coming months? I have a typeface I have been working on...
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Veikko – a serif typeface with rounded endings
Hello,this typeface was a part of my thesis work that I did a year or so ago. The work concentrated on serifs and their different forms, but in all fairness, most of my time was spent drawing the type...
View ArticleMargo Chase
Margo Chase died in a plane crash July 22nd.She was one of the pioneers of digital type design, designing many imaginative fonts.She moved on with Chase Design Group, doing mainstream branding, very...
View ArticleShare your pleasure and learning experience at drawing revivals
(I hope that's the adequate category to post the following. Otherwise moderators may move this topic to a better place.)I would not open here a discussion about copyright or about why or why not...
View ArticleKontrapunkt type designer job posting
Hi everyone,We are looking for a type designer. See more here:http://www.kontrapunkt.com/sites/default/files/pdf/type_designer_081217_3.pdfBest,Torsten
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TYPO Labs 2018 Berlin, April 12–14
TYPO LabsHow far can we go?April 12–14, 2018 TYPO Labs aims to connect font engineers and practitioners with OS developers, CSS experts and academics. The purpose is to provide a platform for the...
View ArticleHow to deal with conextual alternatives and separator & punctuations?
Hi there! I'm working on a font which is based on the idea of contextual alternates. I'm using only the lowercase and the uppercase characters. The idea is that with stylistic set the uppercase and the...
View ArticleNumeral values of weights
I was preparing promotional materials for an new family and noticed issue with weights order.They are not displayed the way they should be (from thin to thick). Weights are done as MM instances.These...
View ArticleHebrew Nikkud, [mark] feature, FL VI and MS Word vs. Adobe CC
Hi,I need help figuring out how to use FL VI to make positioning of Hebrew nikkud (diacritics) work in MS Word under Windows.I created a new font, added matching anchors to two letters and one nikkud...
View ArticleMobile font licensing sales
Those of you who run responsive foundry or reseller sites: about what percentage of your business comes from people buying licenses through their phones? through their tablets?Many thanks!
View ArticleFontLab Studio and High Sierra
I’ve run into a serious issue with FontLab Studio (build 5714) after upgrading to High Sierra -- everything seems to work fine *except* the ability to paste or append glyphs (which is fairly crucial)....
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Help make a font tool.
Hello beautiful typographers, I really like good typeface combinations. I mean... I like-like them. I want to see them everywhere I go on the internet. So I recently developed a simple website to help...
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