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Monotype acquired FontWorks
https://www.monotype.com/company/press-release/fontworks-plans-to-join-monotype2 -
Re: What is the standard practice for naming instances with multiple styles?
Id first identify what your intention is with the typeface and the best method to ensure users understand how each of typeface's weights/styles is intended to be used. For example, for a newspaper te…3 -
Re: What is the standard practice for naming instances with multiple styles?
Instance naming is fairly flexible, but I would recommend thinking in terms of a hierarchy of family, subfamily, and style linking. For historical reasons, style linking applies in a fairly limited …5 -
Re: Hebrew composition in ccmp
Nobody understands the "RightToLeft" lookup flag, partly because it's terribly named. You should almost never use it. Here's what the spec says:2 -
Re: Hebrew composition in ccmp
1. Yes, this is fairly typical in Hebrew fonts. You can also rely on GPOS anchor positioning rules to place the dagesh dot within the letter, but in some cases, e.g. shin+dagesh in heavier typeface d…2 -
Re: Where to find old fonts?
You are quite right Kris, high res is not necessary, but it doesn’t hurt to see the fine details of historic typography, for educational reasons, and if one is attempting a close facsimile effect—100…1 -
Re: A humanist grotesque (sic!)
Then again... :grimace: (Obviously not for the default cuts...)1 -
Re: Typeface Feedback
In my opinion, the shapes are altogether too uncouth to worry about kerning. I'd shelve the project for the moment, make a few low-stakes display typefaces to sharpen your eyes and hone your skills, …3 -
Re: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri
Update: the winner was Bierstadt, now named Aptos, with newly unveiled mono and serif variants. The serif vaguely reminds me of Corporate A by Weidemann. https://medium.com/microsoft-design/a-change-…1 -
Re: Where to find old fonts?
Google Books has a "free" section which is in effect, an all time search engine of printed literature; Search "Full View Only", all content. https://books.google.com/advanced_book…1
