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Where I come from.When I was a magazine art director I was very aware of what type was available. I started working in NYC in the late 70s and worked as an art director till 1990 or so. I was always … (View Post)

I don’t actively pay much heed to the contemporary type scene. However, as I do participate in social media with others in the design and type world, I’m exposed to a lot of new typeface designs. And… (View Post)

I stay away from trends, ignore them. The only reason I got into type design was to design my own type, not to make a stab at repeating a trendy face. Might this be a lousy business model? Sure. Am I… (View Post)

Regarding trends, I'm aware of them but don't pay a lot of attention, and try not to be directly influenced. It takes a long time to make a good typeface. If you're following a trend, by the time you… (View Post)

@"James Montalbano" I didn’t hit the disagree button but I do disagree with you. Looking at the work of others serves as inspiration, as lessons in what is possible, and on a more business-… (View Post)

The amazing compilation below was made by Kent Lew. Note that these are alphabets in current use. Historic additions, like the one for Abhkaz, are not listed here but will be needed if the font targe… (View Post)

@"Matthijs Herzberg" Thank you for your comment. I've been designing type and making fonts for over 30 years. I've had my hand in over 3000 of them. Before that I was a magazine art directo… (View Post)

I believe @"Aaron Bell" is right. Which means that, in the near term, the way to do this to best avoid problems might be to simply set the NOMINAL cap height to the same as the maximum cap … (View Post)

In Fontesque, I used the swash-tailed forms of tse and shcha for fanciful effect. And so that be’s brush won’t be quite so lonely. But not a good typeface for long text at 6 pt. (View Post)

I appreciate you identifying your "Dislike". I disagree with your dislike but hey "What are you gonna do." Personally I'm not interested in what is going on. I'm not a type user, … (View Post)