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Re: TypeDrawers podcast?
Type radio saw me through the pandemic. I'm all for more type-focussed audio content.2 -
Re: TypeDrawers podcast?
'Type Draws'. Am an Aussie, can confirm.3 -
Ancient Roman Geometric Sans.
The Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum. It looks like there were letters, likely of precious metal, fitted into the stone, held in place by pegs, the holes for which remain. The vacant letter shapes…5 -
Re: A new graphical editor for TrueType hints
@"Dave Crossland" : I know Mike Duggan's big how-to and his ATypI talk--both very valuable, and with much that can be useful to users of any tool. What I know of seems oriented more towards…1 -
Re: TypeDrawers podcast?
I'd definitely watch a show like that.5 -
Re: Do you always start over a new font from scratch?
When creating a new font, I'll typically use the "shell" (file) of an old font, especially if I know that it's going to use the same glyphsets and general measurements (Cap height, X height…5 -
Proof of Concept: Contextual Kerning UI for Glyphs 3
All present-day font editors lack the option to define contextual kerning using a UI. I made a bunch of scriptlets that together form a tool to implement contextual kerning for Glyphs 3, hijacking th…9 -
Re: Reasonableness of idea 'L apostrophe → Lcaron' ligature
@"Grzegorz Luk (gluk)", I think your solution is decent. For the record, it’s not always simplified, but more often than not. Spacing and size is another difference, apart from the shape. H…2 -
A new graphical editor for TrueType hints
With apologies for a long post, I’d like to invite anyone interested in TrueType hinting to take a look at an app I’ve been working on for the last few months. Called YGT (don’t ask), it’s a graphica…7 -
Re: Wishing fit curves was a thing in illustrator
I'm not aware of such a plugin, but I do know that LTTR/INK has an illustrator plugin in beta now that you might find interesting the next time you start a new project in illustrator. I haven't used …1
