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Greetings from the FontLab team!
Click here to read a few words of greeting from the FontLab team for 2026, and a nice 26% discount for all FontLab & Vexy apps :)5 -
Re: Glare of white 100% backgrounds and how it affects fonts
Erik Van Blokland explained this very well recently, in the context of signage lettering: In FontLab, I set my background colour to a cream colour, emulating a nice warm paper.5 -
Re: Industry Letter to Copyright Office - Please Share
Some folks have probably seen the response by designer/lawyer Matthew Butterick: On the copyrightability of fonts revisited.7 -
Re: Industry Letter to Copyright Office - Please Share
I have some questions. Who has Frank or Monotype spoken with outside of Monotype prior to drafting this letter? Has any open dialogue occurred regarding this topic that can be read or accessed by oth…5 -
Re: Help Typedrawers find a new home
"However, despite their popularity and interactive strengths, Discord communities face a significant challenge: discoverability. Unlike traditional forums or websites, Discord content isn't…5 -
Re: Where does MacOS store Apple’s downloadable fonts?
The downloaded fonts are stored in the following location (macOS Tahoe): /System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_Font8 The location differs between macOS versions, so depending on your current…5 -
State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
Yesterday, OpenAI released a new image generator, likely to compete with NanoBanana. Here's where we're at: The prompt: Make a typeface specimen graphic showing the alphabet. The font is a …9 -
Re: New post-Canva acquisition Affinity
I would add that I've owned licenses to the Affinity apps since they were first launched, but I've rarely used them, except for testing. My early impression was that the interface (with its…5 -
Re: Embroidery and typographic ornaments in the 16th century
Besides books, you could look at textiles themselves! For example here's a search of the V&A collections.8 -
Re: NYT: Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
14pt? Big Paper has gone too far.5
