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Re: Myfonts/monotype New Agreement
I attempted a live transcription of the second session, and posted on typo.social. It’s not complete, but I tried to summarize each speaker’s comments. Hopefully gives you a sense of what was discuss…3 -
Re: Myfonts/monotype New Agreement
@"Thomas Phinney" Were you also in the committee that allowed ATypI Paris' T-Shirts to be printed with the logo of a sponsor foundry with such a level of hierarchy that it connotes that the…1 -
Re: Typewriter typeface vs monospace typeface
I'd like to highlight an often overlooked distinction within the world of typewriters: the critical differences between monospaced metal fonts and typewriter fonts. Both types of fonts carry their ow…3 -
Re: Projects Google Fonts ought to fund in 2023?
My best-selling font is used by dozens of people. My Google Font is used by millions of people. I prefer the latter.Also, the money I got for Cormorant is still more than what I earned with my 7 reta…3 -
Re: Metric and em size
Some folks at Microsoft believe that, for TrueType outlines at least, having the em square be a power of 2 (e.g. 1024, 2048, etc.) results in slightly better performance in scaling operations. Some f…3 -
Re: Typewriter typeface vs monospace typeface
On the manual typewriter (in the USA English arrangement) " was the shift of 2, _ was the shift of 6, and ' was the shift of 8. Also, * was the shift of -, which was still on the right of 0 (ze…2 -
Re: Adam Savage from Mythbusters on fonts.
Seems like he does not know about smart font technologies like OpenType layout features (or GX/AAT), and what they can do for script fonts.4 -
Re: Myfonts/monotype New Agreement
As an example of a successful organization formed by creatives, consider the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario. The RGD provides professional certification, the requirements of w…5 -
Re: Monotype foundry webinar on royalties
@"Nadine Chahine" Thank you for standing up and making all aware of these questions that SHOULD be asked and adressed clearly. I do worry though, that even if transparency is given as to ro…5 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
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