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Re: The Hustle: Where do fonts come from?
Don't know about "well researched" there. All these articles about Monotype I've seen over the years either don't dig deep enough or just neglect to mention a crucial 15-year…17 -
Re: Microsoft Word and OpenType Substitions for non-Latin Sequences?
The UFO format supports it as well: https://unifiedfontobject.org/versions/ufo3/lib.plist/#publicunicodevariationsequencesFontmake or ufo2ft will use it when generating the OpenType files. Other tool…2 -
Re: Microsoft Word and OpenType Substitions for non-Latin Sequences?
Unicode variation sequences are not supposed to be handled via OTL GSUB. They are pre glyph processing substitutions made at the cmap level using a format 14 cmap subtable. I don’t know if there is a…1 -
Re: Microsoft Word and OpenType Substitions for non-Latin Sequences?
You can use FontCreator to add Unicode variation sequences.2 -
Re: Type Business Strategy
We do a lot of enterprise licensing, and have been doing it for a long time. There are always things to learn, especially if you're a small foundry dealing with big clients. If you're new t…9 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
I'm in agreement with Nick regarding webfont licenses; they constitute only a small fraction of my earnings. Application licenses prove to be more profitable for me, and they don't depend o…11 -
The Hustle: Where do fonts come from?
https://thehustle.co/where-do-fonts-come-from Well researched article with a broad spectrum of quotes6 -
Re: Who created this abomination?
consider the source, James4 -
Re: calculating word space
Yes, I think the word-spacing property is only active if explicitly used in the CSS code, otherwise font spacing is used (but some browsers may still break OTL at every word space). Some CSS properti…1 -
Re: Ergonomics for designers
Having tried numerous mechanical keyboards, I chose to invest in an optical one. Many optical keyboard keys boast a lifecycle of up to 100 million keystrokes. Check out the Roccat Vulcan Optical for …1
