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Microsoft Designer shipped an A.I. Typographer
http://jnack.com/blog/2024/12/04/ive-shipped-my-first-feature-at-microsoft/2 -
Re: Escape accented characters in Font Info?
According to the spec (8c and 9e), OT Feature should take UTF-8 and convert it for you, so you shouldn't have to escape Ä: featureNames { # Windows, Unicode BMP, English (same as default) name 3 1 0x…3 -
Re: You would think that the Washington Post could do better than this
The cost of adding characters to the fonts would not be exorbitant. Especially not compared to the investment in one’s brand, which distinctive fonts contribute a great deal to. I doubt it is ultimat…8 -
Re: You would think that the Washington Post could do better than this
Although I don't think that the long s really does anything for English, I do remember people complaining that (an older version of) the spelling of German did not really make sense with Roman (anti…1 -
Re: You would think that the Washington Post could do better than this
This reminds me of a Benny Hill sketch about a girl named ſuſan1 -
Latin Two: 16-week type design course starting Jan 15, 2025
Nicole Dotin and I are excited to announce the 6th edition of Latin Two, part of the Practica Program—a platform dedicated to advancing type design education. Latin Two is a 16-week, live online cour…2 -
Re: Free open source tool for making color font
Even though COLRv0 would have suffice my purpose, nanoemoji created COLRv1 only1 -
Re: Small Capital Figures?
Here’s my restoration of that Scotch Modern, to which I added the anachronisms of cap-height lining figures (and oldstyle figures). Even with the better balance between caps and figures in this style…1 -
Re: Free open source tool for making color font
I wouldn't recommend using CBDT. If you want to use bitmaps, I would use 'sbix'. CBDT is not as widely supported, and I wouldn't expect that to change. If you're making a simple n-layered design with…1 -
Re: GPSR regulations in relation to font production and selling
@"John Hudson" I have a lawyer in the Netherlands I trust, if you want to go in together on looking into this. My guess from skimming the law is that it's really intended for physical produ…2