Best Of
Family name
I would suggest (and most my clients prefer) you separate the large family into 5 families:
Nigella, Nigella Condensed, Nigella Rounded, Nigella Angular, Nigella Wide. Having five family names in the font menu makes finding the particular font much easier than scrolling though a gigantic list under one name.
Nigella, Nigella Condensed, Nigella Rounded, Nigella Angular, Nigella Wide. Having five family names in the font menu makes finding the particular font much easier than scrolling though a gigantic list under one name.
The FJ vs. H lawsuit thread.
Or Tobias's boss, Jane Patterson. The press is getting fed one thing by one side, and one other class of thing by deother, piling that on their own post-digital revolutionary inexpertise concerning the period in question which I think, has left the fooled gates open. My feeling is whoever talks the most loses and if the whole mess was swept under the descenders we'd all be happier.
Best type specimen book ever? 1907 Types of the De Vinne press
Ok... maybe not the best (just joking). But this one is very different from every other type specimen book I've ever seen. Not for the typefaces, but for for the texts of each specimen. I'm loving it, can't stop reading.
A few excerpts:
Full: https://archive.org/stream/typesofdevinnepr00devirich#page/n0/mode/thumb
A few excerpts:
Full: https://archive.org/stream/typesofdevinnepr00devirich#page/n0/mode/thumb
MacOS X 10.9 Mavericks: Any issues?
I put together a script that installs robofab, vanilla and fonttools into python 2.6 (for Glyphs) and 2.7 for everything else.
Please have a look:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3563666/InstallLibraries.py.zip
I will put in my github soon.
It is almost the one click solution. The usage is explained in the top of the file:
Please have a look:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3563666/InstallLibraries.py.zip
I will put in my github soon.
It is almost the one click solution. The usage is explained in the top of the file:
I tested it only on 10.9 so fare but it should run in 10.7–8, too.copy the script into an empty folder, e.g. a new folder on the desktop. Then open the Terminal, write "python" and drag the script from the Finder into the Terminal window.
It should look like this:
python /Path/to/the/Script/InstallLibraries.py
Then hit enter. Please enter your password when asked.
Change to real names policy.
David, this is infringement. I'm Guy O'Teen™, you're Sal Minella.
James, this is a slippery slope--a bad idea.
James, this is a slippery slope--a bad idea.
Superpolator3
Dear TypeDrawers, colleagues,
I'm pleased to announce Superpolator3 is available.
It has useful new features. Better measuring. A handy Rules system. Better UI.
Have a look: http://new.superpolator.com
If you bought Superpolator2 after Robothon 2012 you're eligible for a free upgrade. I promised (and it made me work harder).
Without a license the app will run for 30 days.
Drop me a line if you want to give it a spin!
Erik
I'm pleased to announce Superpolator3 is available.
It has useful new features. Better measuring. A handy Rules system. Better UI.
Have a look: http://new.superpolator.com
If you bought Superpolator2 after Robothon 2012 you're eligible for a free upgrade. I promised (and it made me work harder).
Without a license the app will run for 30 days.
Drop me a line if you want to give it a spin!
Erik
Simple Kerning Pairs builder helper tool
A little tool that helps building glyphs pairs for kerning and testing documents.
http://www.impallari.com/testing/pairs.php
It has 3 input boxes, where you can enter space separated list of glyphs
- Glyphs (in the middle): Input here the glyphs you want to target
- First: The glyphs you want before the target glyphs.
- Second: The glyphs you want after the target glyphs.
Format Options:
- Plain: Just each pair after the other
- FontLab: formatted, with the /name of each glyph
- Metrics Machine: Metrics Machine Pairs list
- Kernmaster: Kernmaster krn format
If you use the Plain format option, you can just use any keyable glyph directly (1 * ñ), as it supports utf-8. In just a snap, it can generate complex stings like:
[á {á (á fá “á [é {é (é fé “é [í {í (í fí “í [ó {ó (ó fó “ó [ú {ú (ú fú “ú [à {à (à fà “à [è {è (è fè “è [ì {ì (ì fì “ì [ò {ò (ò fò “ò [ù {ù (ù fù “ù á” á) á} á] é” é) é} é] í” í) í} í] ó” ó) ó} ó] ú” ú) ú} ú] à” à) à} à] è” è) è} è] ì” ì) ì} ì] ò” ò) ò} ò] ù” ù) ù} ù]
Or any other string you may need, using Latin or any other Language (It's utf-8 ready).
If you use FontLab, Metrics Machine or Kernmaster formats, you need to input the Glyphnames instead (one asterisk ntilde). The results can be copy/pasted into text files and saved, to be imported in your program of choice. This is especially useful for people who works with alternates, ssXX, etc... that are not so easy to access when kerning.
If you use Metrics Machine, you already know that you probably don't need this tool (as his pair builder is way better), but still, the Plain format option is useful for generating strings for printing testing docs.
Ignore the "Drag fonts here" section at the top, it's a remainder of the testing page, not of any use in this tool.
http://www.impallari.com/testing/pairs.php
It has 3 input boxes, where you can enter space separated list of glyphs
- Glyphs (in the middle): Input here the glyphs you want to target
- First: The glyphs you want before the target glyphs.
- Second: The glyphs you want after the target glyphs.
Format Options:
- Plain: Just each pair after the other
- FontLab: formatted, with the /name of each glyph
- Metrics Machine: Metrics Machine Pairs list
- Kernmaster: Kernmaster krn format
If you use the Plain format option, you can just use any keyable glyph directly (1 * ñ), as it supports utf-8. In just a snap, it can generate complex stings like:
[á {á (á fá “á [é {é (é fé “é [í {í (í fí “í [ó {ó (ó fó “ó [ú {ú (ú fú “ú [à {à (à fà “à [è {è (è fè “è [ì {ì (ì fì “ì [ò {ò (ò fò “ò [ù {ù (ù fù “ù á” á) á} á] é” é) é} é] í” í) í} í] ó” ó) ó} ó] ú” ú) ú} ú] à” à) à} à] è” è) è} è] ì” ì) ì} ì] ò” ò) ò} ò] ù” ù) ù} ù]
Or any other string you may need, using Latin or any other Language (It's utf-8 ready).
If you use FontLab, Metrics Machine or Kernmaster formats, you need to input the Glyphnames instead (one asterisk ntilde). The results can be copy/pasted into text files and saved, to be imported in your program of choice. This is especially useful for people who works with alternates, ssXX, etc... that are not so easy to access when kerning.
If you use Metrics Machine, you already know that you probably don't need this tool (as his pair builder is way better), but still, the Plain format option is useful for generating strings for printing testing docs.
Ignore the "Drag fonts here" section at the top, it's a remainder of the testing page, not of any use in this tool.
Mike Parker 1929-2014
My first encounter with Mike was at an ATypI conference in 1976 or 1977 (too long ago to be precise) where I used to translate between German and English. Mike would always be at the back of the room, patiently listening to the proceedings. But when he did intervene, there was no missing what he had to say. Not only where his arguments delivered with authority and conviction, but Mike also possessed a voice that can only be described as at least 96pt extrabold. I started to refer to him as the man who swallowed a microphone at birth. Perhaps they named mikes after him?
A big voice for sure in many ways, and one that will be missed a lot.
A big voice for sure in many ways, and one that will be missed a lot.
Mike Parker 1929-2014
I met Mike in 1994, under the grape vines at the back of Gerald Giampa's Lanston premises in East Vancouver. I think the first thing he said to me was something along the lines of 'I'm here researching the history of a little typeface called Times New Roman'. The rest of the afternoon was given over to Starling Burgess and a history of corporate rivalry and skullduggery so convoluted that I struggled to follow half of it, but I've never been so convinced of Mike's thesis as when he was expounding it, nor so entertained. A person is sometimes described as having a twinkle in his eye; Mike had several dozen.
It was a great pleasure to see him again at TypeCon in Milwaukee, when he received the SOTA award. Harry had warned me that Mike's mind wasn't what it had been, but there seemed no diminution in stature, volume or, indeed, the brightness in those eyes.
It was a great pleasure to see him again at TypeCon in Milwaukee, when he received the SOTA award. Harry had warned me that Mike's mind wasn't what it had been, but there seemed no diminution in stature, volume or, indeed, the brightness in those eyes.
Mike Parker 1929-2014
Mike Parker, my mentor, company mate and friend passed away last night in a care facility for the aging in New England.
The emotional crushing that a death always seems to bring, fades, we rejoin the living and carry on as we often say the dead would wish. But, while a preponderance of my thoughts will remain with Mike for a while, Mike and Mike’s thoughts have been with me ever single day now for decades. To say “we” would not be who we are today without him, might seem presumptuous, but I know that I would not be who I am today without Mike Parker, along side whom I was most fortunate to have worked and lived.
Thank you Mike.
The emotional crushing that a death always seems to bring, fades, we rejoin the living and carry on as we often say the dead would wish. But, while a preponderance of my thoughts will remain with Mike for a while, Mike and Mike’s thoughts have been with me ever single day now for decades. To say “we” would not be who we are today without him, might seem presumptuous, but I know that I would not be who I am today without Mike Parker, along side whom I was most fortunate to have worked and lived.
Thank you Mike.