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Re: Questions about Ikarus
As you may know, the Dutch Type Library does not work for third parties in any way and the DTL typefaces are developed in-house with our proprietary software. As mentioned, this includes support for …2 -
Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
Having spent a lot of time studying it, I would not say Press Roman from the Selectric Composer is all that similar to Times. It was inspired by Times, but is quite a lot wider, on average. The crude…2 -
Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
The early laser printers contained the fonts inside themselves, rather than getting data on the shape of characters from a graphical operating system on the computer. The HP LaserWriter had Helvetica…2 -
Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
One measure of the ubiquity of Times: it was the default face of American pulp fiction in the mid-20th century. It could take an absurd amount of abuse and still function, rather like hard-boiled pri…3 -
Re: ‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil
On Saturday, September 16, 2023, the annual graduation event of the Plantin Institute of Typography took place at Museum Plantin-Moretus, which radiates the typographic tradition that spans almost 60…5 -
Re: Questions about Ikarus
At DTL we use Wacom Intuos 2 tablets with lens cursors together with DTL IkarusMaster under Windows XP under Parallels Desktop under macOS. I know a client who uses an Intuos 3 tablet. We have explor…1 -
Re: Fontbakery feedback
You could also encourage users to update to the latest Fontbakery version by checking for updates whenever Fontbakery is run from the command line, i.e. "There's a new version of Fontbakery…1 -
Re: Ripoff Account on CreativeMarket
I wonder why these marketplaces don't use a basic algorithm to figure out if a font already exist on their on platforms. Oh yeah they might make more money.2 -
Re: Foundry initials before font name
I can't speak for myself, but I use my Microsoft font vendor code (IDMS) in front of any of my commissioned fonts. That way my Shenandoah Clarendon font stands out from my IDMS Voices Clarendon …2 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
One piece that is compelling in this discussion: A collective: many foundries together would each need to spend much less on marketing, legal, etc. and the available profits could be more equitably d…3
