Nick Shinn · President

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  • Re: Is wordpress a good idea to create a personal font shop?

    I’ve used Wordpress for several years now, with the help of a professional web designer who knows their way in and around it. Yes, I confirm what Dusan says, it’s clunky. But inexpensive, and once yo…
  • Re: Explaining myself and Mixfont, an AI font generation model

    John Hudson: That’s not how I work, unless the need is to satisfy my curiosity about “I wonder if I could develop these shapes into a working font…” Then I put it on the market and see if it does in …
  • Re: [Do]lorem ipsum

    There is plenty of room for new kinds of dummy text. When I had a client in financial services, I would take typical paragraphs of financialese and reverse the order of the words in sentences (not le…
  • Textura Eszett

    My latest project, Puffery, updates the “Olde English” style of blackletter with Roman-based capitals—providing better legibility for those unfamiliar with the classic Fraktur capitals, and also to e…
  • Re: Anyone paint as an outlet?

    I write a lot, with pen and ink, and my writing—even with the usual rollerball pen—is calligraphic, full of swashes, ligatures and flourishes. Making it into a font, well, that’s a long-term goal, an…
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