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How many type designers would use an AI assisted plug-in/app
Hello, I was reading about automated type design (Link) and looked into AI that could do that (DeepVecFont and DeepVecFont-v2). I asked one of the authors of the paper if he would make a Glyphs plugi…1 -
Re: Hinting and font rendering
how is the hinting done in the font? autohints? you might want to check the GASP table, you can find much more information on the gasp table and hinting here in this document I wrote https://googlefo…2 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
My opinion is that independent type community failed to give the proper answer to the globalization of the market which came with the internet (widely spread fast internet; around 2006 that enabled d…4 -
Neutraface has The Guardian’s attention
The gentrification font: how a sleek typeface became a neighborhood omen As it happens, years ago I recommended the Neutraface house numbers from DWR to a friend who had bought and restored a mid-cen…1 -
Re: The Washington Post has gone all fonty
Irks me that they capitalize "X height", even as they define it as "literally the height of a lowercase letter x compared to a capital one"!2 -
Re: Neutraface has The Guardian’s attention
It’s inevitable that some fonts get “typecast” for certain kinds of uses. Sometimes, like with Neutraface, it’s not surprising. The font was actually based on metal architectural letters used by Rich…2 -
Re: Neutraface has The Guardian’s attention
Heh, yeah, that’s The Guardian for you. Class warfare lurking in every font.* *class kerning does indeed lurk in many fonts2 -
Re: Ba Xi - a CJK font
It's awesome that you're making an attempt at a CJK typeface. However, I must warn you it's extremely difficult to pull off well, even for those who read the script natively. On the other hand, it co…3 -
The Washington Post has gone all fonty
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Re: Any thoughts about Creative Fabrica?
Creative Fabrica does not take responsibility once you submit a font. They were extremely slow (weeks later) answering my question about why I could not (and still can't) access the submission I unfo…3
