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Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
https://www.monotype.com/resources/case-studies/evri Excellent case study on variable fonts for branding, from Monotype!1 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
@"c.g." I don't think it is a coincidence that many of the rip-offs you mention are URW fonts. According to MyFonts, @"Jason Harcombe" "is TDi 2018 graduate at the University…2 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
Hello everyone, I’m ashamed of what has happened here. This is genuinely a result of me being taken for a ride by an unscrupulous individual that I intend to take this up with directly. I have decomm…3 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
FWIW, I signed a distribution agreement with FontPeople for something called FontMarket in November 2019 which was never countersigned. A couple of days later I got an email saying they were pulling …3 -
Re: TT hinting: thick and thin horizontal stems in a serif design
hi Jasper, what type of rendering environment are you targeting? Grid fit to full pixels is mostly useful for older GDI rendering, which is not used much anymore. I don't know enough about hinting in…1 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
The English name "Jason" comes from Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), meaning "healer". The Welsh word "iacharw" means healer. The Welsh word "telyn" means "harp"…7 -
“Drawn to Letters: a Dutch approach”—workshop with Elmo van Slingerland
“Drawn to Letters: a Dutch approach”A 4-week lettering workshop with calligrapher and type designer Elmo van Slingerland. Dates: November 23, 30 and December 7, 14, 2022 Time: 7:00–8:30 PM (CET)Forma…1 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
Not an anagram but clearly a pseudonym. Iachawr isn’t a Welsh forename; it does mean “healer” in Welsh. “Telyn” is harp, but “combe” doesn’t have Welsh phonotactics. So somebody Harp-Combe. Gosh. Who…5 -
Re: OpenType feature for positioning base glyph according to diacritic mark
Earlier this month I held a presentation for ATypI Tech Talks 2022, that showed how to add Kerning Triplets to a variable font. Here is a tutorial:Variable Contextual Kerning – Triplets1 -
Re: OpenType feature for positioning base glyph according to diacritic mark
VOLT more closely follows OTL table structure, so there are indeed features, but the lookups associated with the features are independent of them. It is now possible to set up AFDKO fea code in this …1