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Re: State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
One of the things I have been testing is asking for specimens in styles of lettering that I know only exist in a relatively small number of fonts. One of the things this makes plain is just how deriv…1 -
Re: What is Chat scraping when it provides answers to font licensing questions?
In the meantime, though, we have had three years’ worth of slop flooding the Web, all of which is now available to AI as ‘sources’. Simple information that used to be easily findable, e.g. how long t…2 -
Re: What is Chat scraping when it provides answers to font licensing questions?
There isn't one answer to Nick's question: it depends on the nature of the AI application customers are interacting with. If you use an AI chat application that is a thin wrapper around a l…2 -
Re: Where does MacOS store Apple’s downloadable fonts?
The downloaded fonts are stored in the following location (macOS Tahoe): /System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_Font8 The location differs between macOS versions, so depending on your current…3 -
Re: State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
Interesting that the A in the uppercase line is consistently more prominent, as if it’s a stressed initial in a piece of lettering. And that the typeface name is in letters that do not correspond to …2 -
State of the art in AI image generation as we go into 2026.
Yesterday, OpenAI released a new image generator, likely to compete with NanoBanana. Here's where we're at: The prompt: Make a typeface specimen graphic showing the alphabet. The font is a …6 -
Re: Kurum - my first attempt at Kannada
I contacted an Indic type foundry and they quoted me something like $20 000 per Kannada master and about $3000 for consultation. They were really fast and professional. Makes you REALLY appreciate T…1 -
Re: Antiqua/blackletter mix
Have a look at Luecke’s work: http://kltf.de/kltf_catalog.shtml1 -
Re: Tabular punctuation - to add or not to add?
One solution not mentioned (after only skimming the thread) is putting the period, comma, semicolon and colon on the same advanced width. That way, the figures will align in each row when set like th…3 -
Re: Type Designers quoted in the NYT. More on Calibri Times New Roman thing
Should never have been Calibri, Cambria was the proposed font to replace TNR ; )3
