Technique and Theory

Discussion List

• Final/intial features

  832 views 13 comments 2 points Most recent by Simon Cozens 3:34PM
• Will I run into any issues if I don't include all the glyphs from a codepage (i.e skipping ∏∑√∂)?

  172 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Michael Rafailyk August 1
• Industrial typefaces

  589 views 26 comments 0 points Most recent by Russell McGorman July 26
• Strategies for drawing a variable sans with weight, width, and preferably slant axes

  238 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Ori Ben-Dor July 15
• Looking for references of very heavy serifs with diagonal stress

  959 views 26 comments 0 points Most recent by Ori Ben-Dor July 11
• zero-length Bézier control point on a (PostScript) curve: how bad is it?

  146 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney July 6
• How long does it takes for you to finish a typeface?

  947 views 38 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Curtis July 4
• Final production steps

  444 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn July 2
• OT: error on compiling (FL5)

  171 views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Mike Duggan June 30
• My text face wish list

  1.8K views 84 comments 18 points Most recent by Denis Moyogo Jacquerye June 27
• Macintosh OS 11 Big Sur: system typeface desaster and related issues

  915 views 34 comments 0 points Most recent by Eris Alar June 26
• Brain Sees Words As Pictures

  3.1K views 53 comments 4 points Most recent by Russell McGorman June 23
• brecveinvertedcomb

  121 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Jani Paavola June 23
• Different "story" structures in small sizes: a poll

  161 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Matthijs Herzberg June 21
• Searching for best fonts with this kind of kink

  323 views 11 comments 1 point Most recent by AbiRasheed June 18
• Why the link on the first zero in %?

  412 views 27 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard June 15
• Accents part of the 2048/1000 limit?

  767 views 20 comments 1 point Most recent by Florian Pircher June 8
• Which is the most effective naming convention for optical sizes?

  693 views 55 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard June 6
• What's your standard glyph set/coverage?

  623 views 28 comments 0 points Most recent by Dave Crossland June 1
• Using B-splines to draw italics

  292 views 6 comments 1 point Most recent by ivan louette May 29
• Letter-fitting and spacing research

  395 views 20 comments 1 point Most recent by John Hudson May 26
• The Silcrow is currently my nemesis

  243 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard May 21
• Onĕipŏt is not a real language.

  733 views 17 comments 6 points Most recent by Yves Michel May 17
• What does font production mean?

  413 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Claudio Piccinini May 10
• Special dash things: softhyphen, horizontalbar

  1.2K views 32 comments 1 point Most recent by Aaron Muir Hamilton May 9
• Hyphen-minus and mathematical operators

  404 views 21 comments 0 points Most recent by Aaron Muir Hamilton May 9
• Numerals and distinction between capital O and number 0

  320 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by Claudio Piccinini May 1
• Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols

  771 views 45 comments 2 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev May 1
• How do you keep track of kerning classes (or kerning information in general)?

  213 views 15 comments 1 point Most recent by Ori Ben-Dor April 28
• Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?

  1.6K views 62 comments 0 points Most recent by Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian April 17