... in it might make this a more valuable contribution to type, I think. Whatever direction you go though, plesae take this all the ... -- Just got 'The elements of typographic style' by mail. I'm going to read myself to sleep tonight. :-) -- ...

Forum topic - pille - 20 Apr 2004 - 1:55pm - 38 comments - 0 attachments

... someone can help. I am using Fontlab 5 to produce a type face. I currently have all upper and lower case glyphs created. I have set ... a look at those problem nodes, too. Are they being flagged by Font Audit? c Tools> Kerning Assistance> Tools> Kerning ...

Forum topic - heners - 16 Apr 2006 - 11:23am - 28 comments - 0 attachments

... for the glyphs in whatever class I chose to handle them by. As I said, Fontographer can do it. You set the kern value of one pair ... table (NOT the “kern” OT feature) for a Type 1 or TrueType font. The other is for building the “kern” ...

Forum topic - silas - 23 Nov 2005 - 6:30pm - 36 comments - 0 attachments

... my impression that things havent changed alot in type design for a long time. Can anyone point me towards typographers who have ... other than arguing with strangers. I’m bothered by the fact that you’re saying they’re so different. Do you know ...

Forum topic - wysong - 31 Mar 2006 - 10:36pm - 18 comments - 0 attachments

... the visual cortex up to an area that has been identified by magnetic resonance imagining as the visual word form area (VWFA) in the ... Footwear is actually an incredibly strong parallel to type (much more so than something like architecture). Comfortable shoes are ...

Forum topic - enne_son - 11 Aug 2005 - 6:46am - 76 comments - 0 attachments

... all Latin script languages, is the Q always followed by a U? If this is so, then my second question is—why is there not a ... is there not a single QU glyph? Perhaps because the type designer knows what follows the q, so can design it accordingly. ...

Forum topic - dezcom - 24 Apr 2006 - 11:48am - 70 comments - 0 attachments

hello, i had posted a critique thread for this type family i’m working on now code named Stitch Gothic (shameless, i ... are thinner. Even if it doesnt look so. You can prove it by putting circles with the same radius into the stems! Round strokes are a ...

Forum topic - istitch - 22 Apr 2006 - 10:26am - 19 comments - 0 attachments

... NOT a software to set more than a few words in! it rasters type, and that is something you dont want if you want to print anything. ... downward spiral. >^P i was gifted my copy of Adobe CS by my mother, and i think she’s got her money’s worth out of it ...

Forum topic - fontplayer - 10 Apr 2006 - 10:42am - 22 comments - 0 attachments

... Sweden Göran www.neptuna.se ‹ true type to open type char set order › This would only work if all ... with your idea The problem with your idea is that, by making the left sidebearings equal (in effect) regardless of size, you will ...

Forum topic - Goran Soderstrom - 14 Mar 2006 - 8:47am - 16 comments - 0 attachments

... figures Replacing Apex New - Cyrillic › Sloop by Richard Lipton - Sloop by Richard Lipton - Font Bureau ... http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/F/POET/F_POET-10008000.html?id=type-... This thread didn’t ... on a If I were working on a wedding invitation, I would design a unique “et” myself. If you’re using it as a ...

Forum topic - ecs - 21 Mar 2006 - 12:27pm - 18 comments - 0 attachments