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Re: Text Files for Kerning Pairs
You need to kern all alphabetic pairs. Proper nouns don't follow the same patterns as other words. And writing today often includes words from other languages. For example, most of my customers …7 -
Re: [OTVar] Axis Interaction and Literality
There's no point in an interface providing that choice if a given variable font isn't designed to work that way. As Kent suggests, it might be possible for a variations display engine to in…5 -
Re: MyFonts and families
I find it telling that this discussion could make it to page 3 without any mention of why the more prominent indie foundries seem to do rather well: they invested in a strong and differentiated brand…9 -
Re: MyFonts and families
I have a few typefaces available on CM as well as MyFonts, among others. The royalties are higher so even though general sales volume (at least for me) is a bit lower on CM, the payouts are similar. …7 -
Re: MyFonts and families
Ray, the idea of having dedicated charts for different genres on MyFonts is brilliant. I bet it would also be profitable for MyFonts, since users would be more likely to be exposed to the fonts they …7 -
Re: MyFonts and families
The chart is the problem. A single chart for all font types. It's like in music (sorry to use this analogy again) where if you make a top chart of all music, the only jazz song on it would proba…14 -
Re: Stroked vectors in FontLab Studio 6
I use FontLab’s <Make Parallel Path> tool.I find it works fine, much better than <Expand Path>.5 -
Books About Type Design and Founding in the United States of America
This is the first in a series of bibliography threads I plan to start. I think having ongoing lists with multiple contributors and discussion on a forum makes more sense than top ten lists or a dedic…5 -
READ THIS FIRST: The TypeDrawers Rules [PREVIOUS VERSION]
EDIT 21/06/2021: See https://typedrawers.com/discussion/4092/read-this-first-the-typedrawers-rules for the latest rules. These are archived for reference. We have only five rules, so they should be e…12 -
Re: MyFonts and families
Don’t bet on it. Distress and casual scripts have been popular since emerging in the grungy 1990s. They are the high-touch antidote to soulless high-tech, the vernacular riposte to slick marketing, t…11
