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What are you listening to?

If you like the Strokes , you'll like The White Stripes even more. Happy and ... Two other sites worth visiting include ... reception it always gets when it finds its way into the studio playlist. :groan: I think I’ve posted in I think I’ve ...

Forum topic - Joe Pemberton - 5 Sep 2007 - 10:54pm - 456 comments - 0 attachments

FontLab Studio 5: Now for Mac OS X and Windows!

... WA, USA – December 12, 2005. Fontlab Ltd. announces the release of FontLab Studio 5 for Mac OS X. Following the release of ... a comprehensive solution for font foundries, professional type designers, typographers and graphic design studios, allowing them to ...

News - Miss Tiffany - 12 Dec 2005 - 3:38pm - 18 comments - 0 attachments

Correct use of small caps at the beginning of a paragraph

I’ve noticed that the first few words - sometimes one, other times 3 or more, are in small caps ... starting to feel like InDesign is better with setting type these days, perhaps I need to finally break down and teach myself how to ... jobs we go into will most likely be using it in the design studio, case in point my job at RCA. It was one of the questions I was asked in ...

Forum topic - Palatine - 30 Dec 2005 - 2:10pm - 38 comments - 0 attachments

Spacing method

I would like to share with all of you, the spacing method I used on Calouste (PDF file) , the typeface I ... good tool for those interested in learning the nuances of type design. ChrisL For lowercase, I use: For lowercase, I use: ... kern table values* -> VOLT via kern2volt. * FontLab Studio 5 includes special handling for very large kern table export as a result ...

Forum topic - Miguel Sousa - 1 Nov 2007 - 3:20am - 34 comments - 0 attachments

Type design DVD's/videos?

... quality DVD’s available for purchase that address type design and/or typography? And, does anybody know if David ... “Farewell, Etaoin Shrdu” (1980) (about the last day of the Linotype machines at the NYT) is available for purchase in ... not know. The film and DVD were produced by a Swiss film studio. Maybe you can get other Maybe you can get other regions direct? ...

Forum topic - eliason - 9 Mar 2006 - 10:40am - 13 comments - 0 attachments

Fontlab 5 font file ignores kerning values

... 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 the metrics for each of these so the default spacing is pretty good. There are ...

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

FontLab: class based kerning for a ZERO value

... kerning isn’t applying any change when I change the kern value to ’0’ (zero, nada, null, zilch, zippo). I can ... 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

what is the stereotypical behavior and appearance of a designer?

I am doing research for marketing materials the be used for a new non-profit graphic designers group based in northern ... photography standards by doing exactly the same type of shots, I am a bit stuck here as well. I am not certain the concept is ... you’re all business. I just got a new studio I just got a new studio space in a co-op and I had to meet with a ...

Forum topic - alchion - 27 Jul 2005 - 2:30pm - 128 comments - 0 attachments

OpenType and Word 2003

Hi, I created an OpenType font using FontLab Studio on MacOSX. I’m using the ccmp OT class to create composite characters such as ... with non-Unicode programs. When I enable the keyboard and type the diacriticals or modifiers some characters combine and some ...

Forum topic - fredjonze - 3 Jan 2006 - 10:59am - 11 comments - 0 attachments

where to begin creating ARABIC font? any suggestions?

ok, i recently downloaded the fontlab demo, but it didn’t come with any help files AT ALL. I mean ... im used to programs like Maya and those in the Macromedia studio that teach you the basics). 1. So, my first question is, does the ... map). I also know that I have to use OTLS (Open Type Library Services) to Shape and Position the glyphs. But what I need to ...

Forum topic - irf2k - 16 Nov 2005 - 8:31pm - 17 comments - 0 attachments