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Originally, when I first heard of web fonts, they only existed in protected forms: the font file was encoded, along with the URL of the site that the font is used on, and the browser would decode the… (View Post)

There seem at least two sides of the challenge you venture for (which I find admirable). A.) the mere optical aspect of reproducing the appearance of the old printed sources; B.) the underlying syste… (View Post)


Hi Scott, Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback! What you say is certainly very true and a key factor in my work on this project; much of what we have done is indeed a comprom… (View Post)

In the mid-90s, the intermediate stage between TrueType—as it had been licensed from Apple by Microsoft and extended with some new tables (e.g. OS/2)—and OpenType was what Microsoft called TrueType O… (View Post)

What is funny is that of course it was originally still proprietary in the sense of privately controlled (not by an open consortium) by Microsoft and (as an arguably slightly junior partner) Adobe. O… (View Post)


Simply avoid using the whole slab. Find bigger branch and use only half round. This way you will avoid cracking. (View Post)

It basically means that the format is open in the sense of "not proprietary." (View Post)

Nice work! A few thoughts: 1. U is relatively very wide. That's not necessarily a problem, but if you want to keep it this way, I'd consider making some other letters wider, to have more variability … (View Post)

Even for well-established fonts, you will only find faux usage at online distributors. The reason is that they require formal written permission, which is generally too much of a hassle. (View Post)

While such a tool makes it easier for the general public to rip webfonts, it should be noted that there's no real need for any special tool. Whenever you go to a website, the server sends the webfont… (View Post)