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Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
Etsy has no font-specific technical interface of course. You just upload a few images and fill in description fields, thats it. On the other hand, Etsy charges ¢20 for one item being for sale for 4 m…1 -
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
