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Re: Automatically Adjust Font Metrics to Match a Different Font Using `fonttools`
Probably not MetaDesign, but I kind of lost track who worked on the Deutsche Bahn corporate identity, but surely there was some design agency involved besides Erik Spiekermann and Christian Schwartz …1 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
CreativeMarket used to be good, now is shit I have Clements Numbers there, a tiny little "numbers-only" font, having 355 sales so far. In the old days, priced as $12, I used to get $6 out o…5 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
Eli Heuer tells me the Treasure game ecosystem is built around this idea: https://treasure.lol/interoperability And this is why Ethereum was created: https://www.polygon.com/22709126/ethereum-creator…2 -
Re: Monotype New Contract ...Subscription Model, do the scary maths.
They also have the right to modify your fonts, and sell enterprise and OEM licenses. And if what I heard about the new contract is correct, they allegedly have the right to sign distribution contract…10 -
Non-Latin blackletter
Are there examples of blackletter outside of Latin, that are not terribly anachronistic - maybe dating to the metal type era or earlier? I am aware of a Thai style that dates to the 19th century that…1 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
Most of them are Monotype folks watching you plan. ;-)5 -
Re: Non-Latin blackletter
Are you referring to the Naris style of Thai script? I just thought it was due to a broad nib, though I don't know enough about it to rule out the influence of Latin blackletter categorically. There …1 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
This is why I tend to only read threads1 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
As a business side person who doesn't have a kerning pair to my name I'm flabbergasted by this conversation. The only way that the font industry can ever mature into a real industry is if it has a tr…6 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
It is an interesting idea to support the new platform with the large cut at the start, getting a small part of ownership or some other benefit in return. It raises many questions and would require s…2
