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Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
Something I think needs to be said in this thread, even though its said often elsewhere, is that retail fonts take a long time to start selling in a noticeable way. I know retail is only part of the …11 -
Re: LBearing & RBearing in zero-width glyph
By definition, wherever the left sidebearing is set is x=0.2 -
Re: Seeking Advice and Help from Type Techies
It should be possible to get Linotype (respectively its owner, Monotype) to modify the fonts for you. Expect a couple hundred dollars in fees, though. The fonts Hermès uses contain the standard weste…2 -
Re: LBearing & RBearing in zero-width glyph
Correct. Any coordinate to the left of the 0,0 is a negative x value, and any coordinate to the right is a positive x value. [The ‘right side bearing’ of a glyph is a glyph editing tool calculated di…1 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
We all know that there is something rotten in Denmark. We just don't know if it is just organic or involves parasites.1 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
I was silent because it’s a complicated subject. I am absolutely certain that @"James Puckett" is correct in what he says, and that is sufficient to explain the problem. But that does not m…1 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
@"James Bridges" we were silent because we expect only terrible things from Monotype, not because are complicate. It just goes without saying that we're in a constant state of outrage with …3 -
Re: Seeking Advice and Help from Type Techies
Sometimes, it's easiest to use fonts that already have the support you need. Google fonts has a wide range of Monospace fonts with support for Hawaiian and many foundries offer web licenses for simil…3 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
The MyFonts search results are garbage because designers can add irrelevant tags that affect search results. So some keywords are just doomed to return garbage results.4 -
Re: Seeking Advice and Help from Type Techies
First, you need to confirm license permission to use and to modify the font. Just because a font is available for free download somewhere on the Web does not mean it is legitimately available under a…2
