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Re: FONTLAB GLYPH RECOGNITION
Check individual Geʽez glyphs in FontLab to see whether they have Unicode values correctly assigned. In Glyphs, glyph-to-character encoding mapping is handled externally to the individual font projec…1 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
Business has been particularly good, and income has been steadily increasing for the past couple of decades. I do almost no promotion, I don't participate in sales, and I stopped giving introductory …8 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
No, I’m not being deliberated humble or naive, I’m just trying to be as honest as possible. And I agree with you — I’m not sure it explains the sales either. I think we all know how unpredictable the…4 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
Thanks for writing this, Kris.1 -
Re: PAID FREELANCE - Font Localization Wanted
I will note that there is considerable overlap between Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional, in terms of glyph set—although there may be different design norms. I would bet that the two Chinese…3 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
Without being glib: skill, hard work, luck/timing, marketing. I realised recently that I’ve spent about 17 years of 10+ hour days 5-6 days a week. I don’t condone this, it’s insane. But it means I’ve…25 -
Re: PAID FREELANCE - Font Localization Wanted
I think more effort in trying to solve that problem might be called for. There are other fonts out there that are at least broadly similar. The time delay and money involved in commissioning custom …2 -
Re: Grotesk / Grotesque
I wonder if part of the reason for the british association with the two-story /g is stephenson & blake's "grotesque" series, which both features it heavily, and may come to mind first w…4 -
Re: PAID FREELANCE - Font Localization Wanted
What you are describing is a major undertaking, especially the East Asian portions. It would be helpful to have an understanding of how the fonts would be used, and why Lemon Yellow Sun was selected …2 -
Re: Features, Fatal Error at line 0?
Missing "languagesystem [script] [language]" statements maybe?1
