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Re: New typeface character extension
For Latin language fonts (and probably all fonts), do not go too much by Unicode blocks. They are not a very useful thing in conceptualizing your character set. (And I say this as somebody who is a f…6 -
Re: Is a 1500 upm ok?
Back in 2008, when work first began on the Brill types, there was a known issue with some third party PDF tools and viewers incorrectly assuming that all CFF-flavour OpenType fonts would have a 1000 …5 -
Re: What AI tools does the font community need?
I’ve been thinking about this, and while I see the attraction of having a sophisticated algorithm do tedious work like this (but hopefully not some overstuffed LLM that consumes an ungodly amount of …7 -
Re: What AI tools does the font community need?
In my opinion, this crosses over into design, which is the one thing I wouldn’t trust automation to do. What’s left to the type designer to do, if not design? For me, developing the weighting scheme …10 -
Re: Jim Parkinson's obit in the NYT
https://typographica.org/on-typography/jim-parkinson-1941-2025/8 -
Re: ‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil
On Saturday, September 16, 2023, the annual graduation event of the Plantin Institute of Typography took place at Museum Plantin-Moretus, which radiates the typographic tradition that spans almost 60…5 -
Re: Can the custom fonts be installed into Iphone/Ipad???
I do this through Apple Configurator (https://support.apple.com/apple-configurator). The files you create are called profiles and have the ending .mobileconfig You create a new profile (Apple + N) an…5 -
Jim Parkinson's obit in the NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/arts/design/jim-parkinson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U08.VPhK.x_mDQTuGuKZn&smid=url-share12 -
Re: ‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil
In a very warm Antwerp, with the kind help of an enthusiastic handful of volunteers, the EcTd panels were mounted yesterday for the In Plantin’s Footsteps 2025 exhibition at Museum Plantin-Moretus. T…5 -
Re: Typographics, anyone?
I was there. It was pretty good. It’s always a pleasure to catch up with people, and the biggest reason I keep attending. It was number eight for me (first one was 2016). I’ve always stayed at the Ho…7
