Technique and Theory

Discussion List

• zero-length Bézier control point on a (PostScript) curve: how bad is it?

  163 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney July 2021
• How long does it takes for you to finish a typeface?

  1.2K views 38 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Curtis July 2021
• Final production steps

  577 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn July 2021
• OT: error on compiling (FL5)

  190 views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Mike Duggan June 2021
• Macintosh OS 11 Big Sur: system typeface desaster and related issues

  2.2K views 34 comments 0 points Most recent by Eris Alar June 2021
• Brain Sees Words As Pictures

  3.3K views 53 comments 5 points Most recent by Russell McGorman June 2021
• brecveinvertedcomb

  124 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Jani Paavola June 2021
• Searching for best fonts with this kind of kink

  465 views 11 comments 1 point Most recent by AbiRasheed June 2021
• Why the link on the first zero in %?

  454 views 27 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard June 2021
• Accents part of the 2048/1000 limit?

  996 views 20 comments 1 point Most recent by Florian Pircher June 2021
• Which is the most effective naming convention for optical sizes?

  1.3K views 55 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard June 2021
• What's your standard glyph set/coverage?

  906 views 28 comments 0 points Most recent by Dave Crossland June 2021
• Letter-fitting and spacing research

  450 views 20 comments 1 point Most recent by John Hudson May 2021
• The Silcrow is currently my nemesis

  500 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard May 2021
• Onĕipŏt is not a real language.

  867 views 17 comments 6 points Most recent by Yves Michel May 2021
• What does font production mean?

  530 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Claudio Piccinini May 2021
• Numerals and distinction between capital O and number 0

  600 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by Claudio Piccinini May 2021
• Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols

  1.2K views 45 comments 2 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev May 2021
• How do you keep track of kerning classes (or kerning information in general)?

  515 views 15 comments 1 point Most recent by Ori Ben-Dor April 2021
• Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?

  1.8K views 62 comments 0 points Most recent by Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian April 2021
• GPOS: How many different anchors are necessary?

  755 views 14 comments 0 points Most recent by Florian Pircher April 2021
• let's talk Greek kai symbol

  1.9K views 70 comments 0 points Most recent by K Pease April 2021
• How do you maintain letter-form consistency?

  322 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos April 2021
• What is the proper name to each Weight? What's for CSS 550?

  593 views 21 comments 0 points Most recent by Aaron Muir Hamilton April 2021
• What is your standard Latin character set?

  2.8K views 44 comments 0 points Most recent by Aaron Muir Hamilton April 2021
• Black horizontal stress Greek — harmonizing with Latin

  295 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Rafael Cases April 2021
• Looking for vintage engraver’s lettering manuals

  332 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) March 2021
• Glyph Set for Book Typesetting

  249 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Laurensius Adi March 2021
• What is the proper name to give to each Weight? — TyMS WEIGHTS (#TW) THESIS.

  710 views 30 comments 5 points Most recent by Pedro Mascarenhas March 2021
• Books on developing font weights?

  1.2K views 30 comments 0 points Most recent by Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian March 2021