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AFDKO and fontTools is an interesting case if you compare how they came to be. Both projects are opensource, but there is an important difference. AFDKO was developed in-house within Adobe, to fit Ad… (View Post)

AFDKO is an older set of tools and libraries that was created to convert between various font formats. Its most-used components were those for converting Type 1 fonts into CFF-based OpenType fonts, f… (View Post)


There you are, you've solved the mystery! There's one kind of capital P which could be easily placed in that position. A capital P from a titling font. That, however, would have to have a sm… (View Post)


Apparently the video linked above is no longer procurable. Obviously this desecration of the record cannot be allowed to stand, not least as it renders the double-entendre unintelligible. He… (View Post)

Hi, at the moment I am testing a lighter version of Gustine with shorter verticals suited for narrower interlines. The width is slightly narrower to match even better the original width of Haultin's … (View Post)

@"Austin Stahl" No, I think it's just personal preference. But with heavily detailed fonts the reduction in file size is worth it and sometimes necessary. (View Post)

What you seem to be describing is a model in which you can provide easy access to some variant uppercase letterforms by mapping them to the lowercase characters. I would say that is a very 1980s appr… (View Post)

The bottom right quadrant of /f_f/ looks off to me, as if the two f's had different slants.I'd be curious to see those /Germandbls/! :grimace: (View Post)

@"John Hudson" The point is a font that's not expected to carry a lot of text is much more likely to be typed in than applied to an existing text. And it's generally not worth sacrificing t… (View Post)

Just catching up, congrats on a job well done Stewf, and welcome Tiffany & James :-D (View Post)