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Copying an old printed text sample, revival or restoration, needs to take account of the two media it bridges. —Stanley Morison, A Tally of Types The gulf between metal and digital typography cannot … (View Post)

BC Brief by Briefcase uses a maximum of 2 points per letter (some special characters have 3), and looks surprisingly good within that parameter. Wacky perhaps, but very clever. (View Post)

Ľ and ľ characters are not used in Czech language but in Slovak. Combination of ľk is frequent in Slovak language, but there is also ľh (Oľha), ľb (voľba). (View Post)

A few notes: 1. The Shady Characters blog post linked above has been superseded by the chapter in Keith Houston's book Shady Characters, in which, if I recall correctly, he persuasively establishes t… (View Post)

You may find this tool useful for finding letter combinations in different languages: https://wordfinder.italic.space/search?i=%C4%BEk&l=en,de,pl,es,no,sv,pt,da,cs,nl,sq,et,fi,fr,is,it,lv,lt,mt,n… (View Post)

Illustrator does more harm than good and causes way too much cleanup [Using Ai for type design is like going to the bathroom without toilet paper]. I would dump it as soon as possible! RMX is great! … (View Post)

Rotation of the nib during writing occurs both as an unintended outcome of the way the writer moves and as a deliberate ductal manipulation. This is why mechanical or digital stroke creation in which… (View Post)

It’s not very difficult, when writing Roman script in a slow and deliberate manner, with a broad-nib pen, to adjust the angle of the nib (stress) to “tweak” for a more even or meaningful effect, as o… (View Post)

Hi all! This is a typeface I stopped working on a while ago, but would like to pick up again, and would like to run by some trained eyes before I do. I'm sure most of you are familiar with the late p… (View Post)


Legally, this might be true. Ethically, though, it is an entirely different matter. (View Post)