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On the one hand, I think that mostly the production kinks are already all worked out, for most fonts. For the remainder, most of the kinks will be worked out this year. At least, as much as required … (View Post)


A much-belated update to this thread – Calluna Sans' designer was contacted, Jos Buivenga of the exljbris Font Foundry in The Netherlands, who was highly responsive to an inquiry. After hear… (View Post)

https://twitter.com/Eric_Wallace_/status/1620449934863642624 Looks like the source inputs to a ML model can be retrieved with access to the model.... (View Post)

Are you Windows based? Or Linux? If Windows based, you could consider FontCreator from High-Logic. It is commercial software, but very much cheaper than FontLab. The Home Edition is $49 and has all t… (View Post)

My customers haven't even figured out stylistic sets yet :'( (View Post)

One of the paradoxes I see at play here: 1 Looking skills are necessary to prompt and especially to assess AI productions. 2 I think nothing develops looking skills like drawing. 3 AI potentially mak… (View Post)


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Probably the most important skill to learn in type design is not trashing other people's work. (View Post)


Well.... Yes and No. It is substandard, of course. But, it was my very first font ever with no prior experience. Not too bad for a first try. Yo may be surprised to learn that Doyald was the… (View Post)

Fernando Mello has been awarded the ‘Certificate of Excellence’ in the ‘Text’ category of the Tipos Latinos Biennial 2016 for his typeface FS Brabo. All of the projects that the jury selected will be … (View Post)