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Re: Small Capitals
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Re: Small Capitals
I feel somewhat obligated to point out that a very, very small percentage of potential users will even know about, let alone use, petite caps. I don't bother adding them to my typefaces—smallcap…3 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland said: Yeah I bet that was the issue. Just tried the 2.5 demo version on my SE/30 (which has FPU) and seems to run great: Also hats off to whoever added this …8 -
Re: Small Capitals
Maybe it's just me, but I feel like the small caps and the petite caps are a bit too wide. The S is a bit ungainly, near the terminals. The stroke is thinning weirdly and the terminal cut is at …1 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
Somehow I forgot RoboFog, the customized version of Fontographer 3.5 that changed type design forever by integrating Python, later spawning RoboFab then RoboFont.1 -
Re: Update from Business Letters
Hey Matthew! 👋 Very sorry to hear of the long Covid, wishing you the best of health. I thoroughly recommend Matthew to anyone thinking of upping their type business, he's a superb coach, and a …2 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
Microsoft VTT was based on Sampo Kaasila's Visual TypeMan and/or Visual StingRay, if I recall correctly.2 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
@"John Hudson" one of these? From this blog post: https://medium.com/@fpeulrich/a-brief-overview-of-developments-in-digital-type-design-561d9e63a122 I feel like my odds of finding one in wo…2 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
My workflow: I was working as a graphic designer at the time, with font making an emerging side gig. My software environment comprised Fontographer, for making fonts—and, for testing them, which was …3 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
Ares Fontmonger was a po-man's Fontographer. They also made Font Chameleon, a sort of early MM implementation that Adobe bought to remove from the market. There was also a tool named Softy.2
