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Re: how to construct large math operators
This is handled by the MATH table in the font. The MathGlyphConstruction subtable tells the typesetting engine how to construct large or wide versions of a glyph, either directly through variant glyp…3 -
Re: My book is out!
Hello again, TypeDrawers! I wanted to share with this community the exciting news that my book has been selected for the 2023 Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, on the …3 -
New Spirit Italic
New Spirit Italics have been a challenging design for Riccardo and I. Since New Spirit is not a text face, the italics have been design to both harmonise with the Roman in the typical way, but also t…1 -
Re: A font tester made by ChatGPT
I can write simple programs with Python/Processing but I have almost no experience with Javascript and very limited knowledge of HTML and CSS. I wanted to test how far I can go with it. I might be ab…3 -
Re: New Spirit Italic
I like it as it is! My only suggestion will be to add a little bit of mass to the small uppercase serifs to compensate for the big spur that ends the letters, for example in the /L1 -
Re: Should ascenders/descenders match the "Ascender" and "Descender" vertical metric values?
This are the ones I typically use as reference: Ǻ ķ - for Basic Latin ẲṌ Ṏ Ṑ Ṓ Ṥ Ṧ ỵ - for Latin Extended2 -
Re: Should ascenders/descenders match the "Ascender" and "Descender" vertical metric values?
I wonder what the user expectations are for a typeface with a compressed/ultracondensed width are? is it just to fit in with a hypothetical full family of widths, e.g. SF compressed and regular width…1 -
Re: New Spirit Italic
I like it, especially 1. Also nice to see someone of your stature post for feedback here on typedrawers. Below is some thoughts on the regular-italic of V1 in no particular order. Maybe the backwards…1 -
Re: A font tester made by ChatGPT
some experiences with GPT3.5 and 4: a few months ago I wrote a drawbot script that goes through the git history of a font and does a timelapse animation of a specified glyph in a .glyphspackage file …5 -
Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
Similar things happened to Craw Modern too... but the Q tail failed The /C grow a serif at the bottom the /G lost the straight short stem The /O contrast got diagonal The /S got diagonal spurs The /g…1
