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Re: A look at the Bulgarian Cyrillic Letter „в“ (uni0432 / uni0432.loclBGR)
I transferred these observations both into a YouTube video and FontLab project. In the near future I'll create a repository of the project in GitHub. I hope the gathered over there information w…1 -
Sunsetting Fonts.com etc.
I got an email from Monotype informing affiliates that they're sunsetting their non-MyFonts sites. Has this been announced elsewhere? Is it just those three sites?3 -
Re: Sunsetting Fonts.com etc.
Wow, in Linotype’s Events section there’s an article dated August 10, 1994:1st International Type Design Contest3 -
Re: The Hustle: Where do fonts come from?
“[Monotype] keeps saying, [...] We are not competing with foundries [...] .” Owner of Helvetica, Frutiger, Palatino, Avenir, Zapfino, Univers, BT Vera, BT Charter, Droid, Open Sans, Titanium, URW Cor…4 -
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
