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30th anniversary of OpenType (May 6)
For the 20th anniversary, I joked that maybe by the 25th anniversary, basic OpenType features would finally work consistently in PowerPoint. For the 25th anniversary, I joked that maybe by the 30th a…5 -
Re: State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
Google Fonts are under the Open Font License, so doesn’t restrict any kind of use. What’s interesting about that license is that it permits creation of derivative works so long as those are also unde…5 -
Re: I have reported 50 episodes of Typography News
I wasn't confused (much), but I do think “I have posted 50 episodes of Typography News to YouTube” would have been clearer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ In any case, nice job, Curtis!5 -
Re: State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
The video at https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0/ is worth a watch, as well as scrolling down the whole page It isn't "AI Generated Fonts" that are vexing type desi…5 -
Re: State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
AI type tends towards the generic, unsurprisingly, merging things the machine has learned from multiple models. A lot of type designers are going to see familiar forms and proportions in the results,…5 -
Re: State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
Type design has always been a place for people with design talent, skills, and perseverance enough to carry out a long task. AI seems to be targeted towards someone who wants to circumvent all of tha…5 -
I have reported 50 episodes of Typography News
I have been pretty content to be a lurker around TypeDrawers, but I was recently encouraged by another member to post here about my YouTube channel and Typography News series. I am Curtis Simpson, an…17 -
Re: State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
AI depends on the "make me one of those but a bit more like one of these" theory. What I mean is, there has to be something like it already done by someone that can be accessed and manipula…6 -
Re: Vertical metrics standards
All vertical measurements are from the baseline, so there is never actually a shift in glyph position relative to the baseline as shown in your illustration. The two usWIN metrics values should prope…8 -
Re: State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
I have experimented with giving ChatGPT image prompts based on a mental idea I have for a new typeface. I have tried to describe the idea in terms of both structure and concept, providing iterative s…7
