Help make a font tool.

luciannovo

Hello beautiful typographers, 

I really like good typeface combinations. I mean... I like-like them. 

I want to see them everywhere I go on the internet. So I recently developed a simple website to help web-designers make type combinations. It's really basic. Currently...



I'm posting today to ask for help. I need to speak with more designers about their typographic thought-process. Specifically I'm asking these questions:

• What's your process for making a typeface hierarchy/combination?
• How do you test that your typeface will look great on desktop, mobile... oculus?
• What’s the hardest part about making a typeface decision?

If you're jumping up in your seat with an answer or the excitement to help a young type-enthused developer. Awesome! Please share your perspective below. It's insanely helpful and could turn this side project into something real. 

Just so you know I'm not pulling your chain, [here's a link to the current prototype.](https://github.com/LucianNovo/luciannovo.github.io)

Cheers

-Lucian
lucian.novo@gmail.com

Mike Duggan

Flash?

Johannes Neumeier

Mike Duggan said:

Flash?

Thunder.

... more on topic: Using flash to get the system installed typefaces is nifty, but a) doesn't seem to work consistently (some get rendered, others remain default styled) and b) you will use a looot of potential users just for using that technology.

The interface needs to be a bit more communicative. Use pointer cursors, selected states, and the flow of what to do when to what result is not as clear as it could be.

Matt McDonagh

Hi Luciannovo, it's a nice idea. I agree with the shudders above regarding Flash. That said, as a graphic designer, I'd want controls for weight, case and size. I don't choose typefaces based on lowercase samples but on hierarchies. For that I want to be able to compare contrasts in scale, weight, regular/italic and case as well as face.

jeremy tribby

Doesn't matter if it's Flash or JavaScript, I don't want my system fonts being exposed to web apps (except for https://panopticlick.eff.org/ which serves the purpose of scaring people into agreeing with me )