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Re: Panchanan - A project for digitalisation of first Bengali typeface created by Panchanan Karmakar
As indicated by Dr Ross in her research, CW Winkins' typeface has no resemblance to any Handwritten Bengali Manuscript in his possession. So where did he get this particular shape of letterform for h…1 -
Re: Panchanan - A project for digitalisation of first Bengali typeface created by Panchanan Karmakar
You are assuming a lot of things about the Wilkins type in these statements: that it is somehow more organically authentic than later Bangla types, and that it is based on Bangla handwriting. It is i…1 -
Re: When in the type design process do you start drawing different weights and styles?
As soon as ADHESION is drawn in a regular weight I start on the black weight. It’s easy for me to do an overly tight—i.e. bland—regular weight. Jumping into the black weight early forces me to think …5 -
Re: When in the type design process do you start drawing different weights and styles?
If I’m planning to create a typeface family, I’ll usually start thinking about weights early in the design process, when I’m still at the paper sketch stage. Once I start laying down paths in a font …4 -
Re: When in the type design process do you start drawing different weights and styles?
I try to plan out the whole design space in my head first so, although it will probably change somewhat as I progress, I some idea of target weights and styles. Then I test a few glyphs in median and…4 -
Re: Type tester websites?
You may find some alternatives here: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/684202 -
Re: How much creative freedom in drawing currency symbols
The Unicode character U+FDFC RIAL SIGN was encoded for use in Iran, based on a proposal submitted by the High Council of Informatics of Iran. That proposal did not show any examples of ligated glyphs…1 -
Regarding the new Saudi riyal currency symbol
Many people have noted that the Saudi Arabic Central Bank recently launched a new symbol to represent the Saudi riyal currency. Naturally, people want to start using it right away, and that has led t…9 -
Re: How much creative freedom in drawing currency symbols
I'll post this in a separate topic for better discoverability, but will repeat here: the character currently encoded in Unicode, U+FDFC RIAL SIGN, is not the same character as the new Saudi riyal cur…2 -
Re: Should a Desktop License include Use in Online Design Tools?
That’s true of woff, but not woff2, which involves changes to the input font data.1
