Type Design Technique & Theory

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• How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for?

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• Is a 1500 upm ok?

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• Can the custom fonts be installed into Iphone/Ipad???

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• Ultramodernity & Hypermodernity in Typeface Design

  843 views 14 comments 4 points Most recent by Ray Larabie July 13
• Archive of Briem’s notes on eth/thorn?

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• symbol ^ is used as power ( superscript ) in math, how about symbol for subscript?

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• Punctuation Space U+2008

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• A verie bad fount

  540 views 9 comments 13 points Most recent by Peter Baker June 27
• Most common approach to round a non-integer coordinate for Italic Angle?

  323 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Michael Rafailyk June 27
• Should I include small caps etc. in an authentic italic font revival?

  886 views 26 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson June 26
• New UAE Dirham Currency Symbol

  1.9K views 20 comments 1 point Most recent by Ray Larabie June 19
• Hook styles on Ƙ Ƴ ƴ

  653 views 18 comments 4 points Most recent by Denis Moyogo Jacquerye June 10
• Reels and subtitle readability

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• How does the google fonts project template differ from exporting via glyphs?

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• What is the preferred method of keeping kerning data in UFO format ?

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• Auto-Apostrophe correction with CALT-Feature

  292 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn May 19
• Academic Research on Type Design Methodology

  414 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn May 16
• Regarding the new Saudi riyal currency symbol

  2.2K views 20 comments 12 points Most recent by leksendesign May 13
• How would you redo Unicode?

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• Etiquette on using a historic source that's already been used

  642 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Paul Hanslow May 12
• Favorite typefaces to study or reference — or consider a model/guide?

  631 views 17 comments 1 point Most recent by Mikhail Vasilev April 28
• Vertical metrics standards

  392 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by jeremy tribby April 25
• What are some good typefaces you like to reference and serve as a general guide?

  483 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Mikhail Vasilev April 19
• Italic punctuation in a font with both right slanted Latin and left slanted Hebrew/Arabic

  162 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Khaled Hosny April 17
• When designing italics should a curve's side handles be 90º or slanted to the italic angle?

  Answered 552 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by SCarewe April 6
• 7 Optical Illusions in Type Design — Atricle

  542 views 5 comments 6 points Most recent by Igor Petrovic March 22
• Florin vs Latin small letter F with Hook U+0192

  591 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard March 15
• When in the type design process do you start drawing different weights and styles?

  Answered 391 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney March 11
• How much creative freedom in drawing currency symbols

  721 views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Peter Constable March 8
• Reverse Italic, Backslanted, Cilati

  501 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Florian Hardwig February 26