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DTL OTMaster 10.3 Released
After many years of development and iteration since version 8.9, DTL OTMaster 10.3 is finally available. The release introduces new tools, including a Font Statistics Tool and TTF to CFF conversion (…6 -
Re: Recommendations on building a foundry website
* Tom at Fontdue offers web dev services. * Guido Ferreyra might still be offering web dev services for FoundryCore. * Commercial Type and XYZ Type were both developed by GrayBits * The Frere-Jones …5 -
Re: Recommendations on building a foundry website
Thank you, Typedesigner. It’s all my own work along with two essential plugins to make it all function – ACF Pro and WooCommerce. I only really posted here to show that you can take this kind of pro…7 -
Need a Foundry Website? Font Bros Has You Covered!
Oftentimes we’re asked the question, “What value does a distributor bring to the table for the percentage they keep?” Sometimes it’s eyeballs, sometimes it’s handling license upgrades, but rarely is …8 -
Re: How much creative freedom in drawing currency symbols
For authoritarian states coming up with their own currency symbols, in my open source fonts I tend to just slap in the official drawings without any adjustments.6 -
Announcing Type Advisor
ADVERTISEMENT--- Working and being friends with so many type designers in the industry, I have noticed that often why you got into type design was, well, to design type. Not to make a website. Not to…11 -
OFFED - Open(type) Fea(ture) File EDitor for Linux Desktop
Offed is an Open source modern desktop dedicated editor for OpenType feature file (FEA), with parsing, validating, incremental compilation and instant shaping preview.It is written in Rust with a Tau…5 -
Re: Research-led counterpoint to blanding?
I have run across this with regards to font choice. The idea was that a harder-to-read font would enhance memory of the material. This was realized in the form of a typeface, “Sans Forgetica.” (https…6 -
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
