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Re: Elemaints - A Serif Family with Optical Sizes
@AbrahamLee I will soon have a sabbatical (during 3 months) and will invest my time for the Elemaints typeface. So, I hope that the main work will be finished in automn. If everything goes well I mig…1 -
Re: Evert Bloemsma and FF Balance
There’s short chapter about Bloemsma in the book Made With FontFont.1 -
Re: Evert Bloemsma and FF Balance
While the “top-heavy” quality of Balance is evident, it does overshadow another feature of the design, which is as much a part of the effect, namely that the horizontal stems are elsewhere pretty muc…1 -
Re: Evert Bloemsma and FF Balance
Letterform Archive are sure to have a copy of the Balance specimen, and possibly other material related to Evert and his work. It is possible to order high resolution images from them for research pu…1 -
Re: Hinting and font rendering
In addition to Mike’s advice, I would also recommend respacing the typeface: it is much too tightly spaced for use at the size you demonstrate, and this is contributing to some of the rendering probl…3 -
Re: Evert Bloemsma and FF Balance
There's also a Typeface Review of FF Balance on I Love Typographys blog (from 2008), written by Kris Sowersby. link4 -
New Font Forum! Fonts.xyz
There is a new font community in town: Fonts.xyz. It is brand-new and, yes, a dark mode is coming soon!2 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
As I see it, ATypI was founded as an organization supporting the major type producing companies and left the independent type designer out in the cold (at least according to Adrian Frutiger). The Typ…3 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
True, but it’s still better than starting at zero. Also, typedrawers.com seems like a good name for a place to look at the work of, learn about, and interact with people who draw type. My goal for a…2 -
Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit
The English wording is a little strange, but what I take this to be saying is that of the sixteen submissions made in support of the plaintiff (Porchez) only two provided ‘demonstration or example’, …1
