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Re: Workshop Pricing
You need to consider your prep time as well as the teaching time (and travel time, etc.) As a broad guideline I might take what you would normally charge as a nice hourly rate, and then multiply that…2 -
Re: What is the preferred method of keeping kerning data in UFO format ?
they can both compile to GPOS, modern tools dont really use KERN. with .fea you can do contextual kerning and classes, kerning.plist is glyph to glyph only or using groups.plist IIRC. so you can fair…1 -
Re: Elemaints - A Serif Family with Optical Sizes
Not necessarily. The L is naturally written without lifting the pen, so a stroke reversal makes sense in that ductus. In the B, the right side of the bowl is usually written before the bottom stroke,…2 -
Re: Elemaints - A Serif Family with Optical Sizes
There we go!I actually prefer your old /L/... I think you can get away with a different architecture there than for /B/D/, since it implies a single stroke whereas the /B/D/ are constructed from two …1 -
Re: Type Design vs Type Engineering?
If engineering is concerned with function rather than appearance, typeface design is per se also engineering, a typeface’s appearance being its function. This conflation of aesthetics with engineerin…2 -
Re: Type Design vs Type Engineering?
To me, type design has more in common with industrial design than with engineering or music. Engineering is primarily about performance, optimization, and solving technical problems. Music, by contra…3 -
Re: Geometric construction of uppercase Roman letters
Hi Michele, In F.E. Blokland’s dissertation, On the Origin of Patterning in Movable Type: Renaissance Standardisation, Systematisation, and Unitisation of Textura and Roman Type, you may find relevan…3 -
Re: How does Unicode work?
While anyone can submit a proposal to Unicode for encoding an unencoded script, the Script Encoding Initiative has a lot of expertise in developing proposals; their web site is a good place to start …1 -
Re: Type Design vs Type Engineering?
Type design is the creative process of shaping letterforms to define the visual identity of a typeface. It involves achieving aesthetic balance and style. In contrast, type engineering focuses on the…2 -
Re: Type Design vs Type Engineering?
I think this is up to the type designer; some people like to do the whole process by themselves, others are only interested in the visual culture and drawing craft aspects, and are happy to leave as …4
