IMHO, making a classic serif typeface has a lot to do with comparing your own efforts with successful examples of the same genre. (I guess this applies to other genres as well.) So I use a file like … (View Post)
FWIW, that is how Bringhurst calls them, but I am not sure if he uses those as formal terms, since they are not listed as entries in the index – but he does include “Aldine types”. ¶ The scans are fr… (View Post)
Is the original author/calligrapher alive? Is it possible to reach them? If it is a textbook about how to use the script, I am guessing they would be fine with a typeface who can spread the use of th… (View Post)
I guess Librofont is the Italian name for Font Book. For some reason, Apple changes the name of its font manager depending on the language you work with. In Spanish it is called “Catálogo Tipográfico… (View Post)