Hoi! I rarely outsource my type design research but I'm hitting a wall and would love to know if I'm the only with this particular problem: When it comes to creating a locl feature for the Dutch lang… (View Post)
Maybe this was mentioned before but ẞ always follows a vowel or umlaut. So consonant + ẞ doesn't need to be kerned. The ẞ can be followed by technically any letter (but ẞ, see first sentence). (View Post)
I researched language-specific typeface design during my masters in Reading. Find the most valuable excerpts of my dissertation here: http://www.alphabettes.org/language-as-design-criteria-part-i/ ht… (View Post)
Rob McKaughan focused on newspaper typefaces in his dissertation about pattern language in type design. Try to get hold of that or read about it here. (View Post)
Font Developer is a term used by Dalton Maag to group Typeface Designers and Font Engineers. Dave is referring to Software Developers which Dalton Maag also employs but who are (among other things) s… (View Post)