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Re: Custom fonts that blend two existing typefaces — any other examples?
It’s possible to produce designs that differ in all sorts of ways — stroke modulation, construction, idiom — while retaining similar proportions and hence spacing/kerning. Also bear in mind that hist…4 -
Input Request for a Metafont Porting of the "ethiop" Typeface
Hello Everyone, This post is a request for any feedback, particularly on technical aspects vs stylistical, of a typeface recently re-migrated from Metafont sources. Our goal has been to maintain the …1 -
Re: Custom fonts that blend two existing typefaces — any other examples?
This practice goes back a long way. Consider that Arial used the same metrics as the version of Helvetica (licensed from Linotype) that was included with PostScript so that PostScript clone laser pri…2 -
Re: New font editor announcement: Counterpunch, also in Alpha ;)
Congratulations, Jan! Fantastic work. The core principles are very sensible. Best of success with the future development!2 -
Re: New font editor announcement: Counterpunch, also in Alpha ;)
Impressive!!!1 -
Re: Custom fonts that blend two existing typefaces — any other examples?
Two off the top of my head: Carlito, as already mentioned, is designed to be metrics-compatible with Calibri. Lucas was very pissed about this, as it means copying (stealing?) all metrics, including …1 -
Re: A New Type.lol - A type foundry index—and more!
No, I didn't use playwright, I was using Quickstatements. There are structural fragilities to say the least. Cryptic failures, opaque limbo, and from my guess, a thin wrapper over a brittle back…1 -
Re: Mapping zero-install font editors
https://counterpunch.space1 -
Re: A New Type.lol - A type foundry index—and more!
@MarkJohnson I mentioned earlier that automation doesn’t really work for Wikidata, though to be fair that might just have been my experience. I spent about a week trying different approaches to autom…1 -
Re: A New Type.lol - A type foundry index—and more!
I think all of your concerns are totally and completely valid @"Nick Shinn" and I respect what you're saying, but I have some thoughts and opinions that might be helpful to know or con…4
