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Probably the easiest way to deal with this is to convert your suitcases into .dfonts (data-fork font suitcase), which shouldn't suffer from this problem. If you have a font suitcase called "Font… (View Post)

Mac font suitcase files are still recognized and supported on macOS Big Sur (11.x), but not over local networks anymore. The apparent reason for this is Apple reducing support for AFP (Apple Filing P… (View Post)

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 The Shady Characters blog post linked above has been superseded by the chapter in Keith Houston's book Shady Characters, in which, if I recall correctly, he persuasively establishes t… (View Post)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