IMHO variable fonts failed to find a market because the big four failed to make the right use cases. They promoted two use cases that don’t resonate with most designers. The first use case was bandwi… (View Post)
This is where credits such as ‘John L Renshaw (after Paul Renner)’ are useful. Saying ‘Paul Renner designed Spartan’ attributes to Renner decisions that he never made and with which I think he would … (View Post)
There is also the phenomenon by which a technology may actually become less well known as one gets further away from the initial introduction if that technology has not become a common component in t… (View Post)
I know a lot of teachers who spend quite a bit of time explaining why OpenType features are important. And this is not a small part of what I teach students, too. But, in the grand scheme of a desig… (View Post)
OK, I see what you are trying to do. However, 1(h) does not say it is an exception to 1(b); it says it is an exception to 1(a), 1(c), etc. So I find that ambiguous at best. When I am involved in draf… (View Post)
I plan to continue my support of TypeDrawers and agree with your funding goals. Would you mind sharing more details, e.g., the total you hope to raise, anticipated changes in the experience, etc.? (View Post)
That’s good! I know that it is complicated, but when I approve contracts, I certainly like to be able to reference them later without having to re-read everything instead of just one section. In othe… (View Post)
Please, please, please allow font embedding in PDFs, without the need for outline conversion, and without the need for an extra license. Saving files as PDFs and sharing them is a standard part of ev… (View Post)
I think the most interesting thing is that “normal” users (who do not pay for an additional license) have to convert text to outlines if they want to use Darden fonts in a PDF. This makes differences… (View Post)
They should have also mentioned the number of people participated in the survey. I am surprised, 40% of CSS developers (among the participants) have not heard of variable fonts in 2021. May be becaus… (View Post)