... by a recent discussion : what digital tools are type designers using today? Let’s keep the discussion separate, and use this ... ballots to vote :-) ChrisL 1. Mac OS X 10.4.10 2. 1. Mac OS X 10.4.10 2. FontLab Studio 5.0.2 3. FontLab Studio ...

Forum topic - Stephen Coles - 23 Oct 2007 - 1:04pm - 100 comments - 0 attachments

... Some German type designers posted some of their design proposals for an uppercase ß at: ... If Unicode really decides to encode uppercase ß, type designers should imagine what the uppercase ß would have looked from the very ... On page 2 of this PDF, in the top chart “consonants”, row ...

Forum topic - twardoch - 9 May 2007 - 7:06pm - 246 comments - 0 attachments

... I certainly can’t imagine legitimate font people or designers working with either one now. For shame. I’ve emailed them to ... http://www.sanskritweb.net/forgers/segoe4.pdf (see page 2, section 14) For your convenience, I quote here this section 14: ...

Forum topic - muzzer - 16 Aug 2007 - 7:33pm - 172 comments - 0 attachments

... the additional bold weight was a later adaption by other designers), fortunately, in a significant period for the Jews: the ... Line #1: the original — Berthold Line#2: Linotype linecasting machine Line#3: Monotype Line#4: AM International ... Hebrew type designs, their history, the names of their designers etc., your posts are very welcome. Bill, You’re fast :) > ...

Forum topic - gohebrew - 12 Sep 2008 - 4:54am - 303 comments - 0 attachments

... argument is so ridiculous. Times are tough for type designers and vendors as well. They also have the right to make a decent ... mentioned about Galaxie Polaris v3 when we released Bryant 2. People certainly take advantage of it, but it isn’t an overwhelming ...

Forum topic - Rahim Taliesin Snow - 17 Nov 2008 - 4:52pm - 164 comments - 0 attachments

... folks who want to figure out how reading works. After all, designers just want to make things look attractive and beautiful, right?, And ... A neuroanalytic approach” Journal of Vision (2007) 7(2):16, 1–9 http://journalofvision.org/7/2/16/]. I’m not sure I’d say ...

Forum topic - Chris Allen - 28 Oct 2008 - 8:27am - 128 comments - 0 attachments

... wrong with this institutionalized norm? . 2. The very first page. Right off the bat, faux small caps! . 3. ... one from column B” design. Rather than hire decent designers, they just trow together any damn thing from a recipe book and have ...

Forum topic - Nick Shinn - 16 May 2008 - 9:20am - 123 comments - 0 attachments

... come back in a year and see if Ray Larabie, and any other designers who allow their freeware fonts to be used, are elevated to the ... doubt it, but somone should try the examples on a firmware 2.0 iPhone and share the results. “I doubt it” I don’t “I ...

Forum topic - sii - 18 Mar 2008 - 10:36am - 180 comments - 0 attachments

... on computer. If I remember rightly, a number of type designers reported here doing sketches to get ideas and initially test them ... the block a time or two.” Perhaps even more than 2 :-) I am not dissagreeing with anything you said. Notice my last phrase ...

Forum topic - j_polo9 - 2 Jul 2006 - 9:19pm - 181 comments - 0 attachments

... let’s see. There are...something around, or over 2,000!!!! words with kamats katan. Sheva — I don’t want to think about ... grammar. Now you are an expert? Boy, I thought type designers had creative, flexible thinking. It is explained by the Rebbe ...

Forum topic - gohebrew - 2 Aug 2008 - 8:00pm - 169 comments - 0 attachments