Generating fonts (No AI involved)

Filip Paldia · April 22

After years of working with stroke-based systems, I finally developed a workflow I'm genuinely happy with for creating parametric type design spaces. It combines Noordzij's stroke theory with modern interpolation techniques.

The system lets you define your own parameters rather than being constrained by predefined ones (looking at you, Metafont), making it much more adaptable to real design needs.

I've been refining this for my LTTR/INK work, but it's actually tool-agnostic. The core approach works in Glyphs with some custom scripts I've built.

I'm running a small workshop (May 4 + 18) to share this methodology with other designers. We'll cover:

Building parametric systems that respect design intent
Creating flexible master sets that blend smoothly
Techniques for rapid prototyping type variations

Would love to hear from anyone who's explored similar approaches or has questions about parametric design systems!

Filip Paldia · April 22

And link of course https://www.lttrink.com/academy/parametric-type-design-workshop

Haraldgeisler.com · April 23

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Dave Crossland · April 28

I signed up - I think it's an awesome workshop!

But kindly I think you are conflating metafont the algebraic programming language with computer modern the most famous and perhaps largest and most configurable metafont typeface?

Generating fonts (No AI involved)

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