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Discussion List

• Sub-Standard Line

  220 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Craig Eliason June 2024History of Typography
• Should ascenders/descenders match the "Ascender" and "Descender" vertical metric values?

  1.3K views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by PabloImpallari April 2023Technique and Theory
• What's the rectangle surrounding a font glyph, including its sidebearings, called?

  1.7K views 28 comments 0 points Most recent by Ray Larabie June 2022Technique and Theory
• Vertical metrics strategy for optical sizes

  413 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn September 2021Technique and Theory
• Font with extremely tall ascenders/descenders in multiline text in Adobe applications

  1.1K views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by André G. Isaak September 2021Technique and Theory
• Letter-fitting and spacing research

  506 views 20 comments 1 point Most recent by John Hudson May 2021Technique and Theory
• The default line height in OSX fontbook

  395 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Jonny Gibson May 2020Technique and Theory
• Fonts won't upload to Myfonts - vertical metrics issues?

  1.5K views 25 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney December 2019Font Technology
• How short can ascenders go?

  805 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Eris Alar January 2019Technique and Theory
• Relationship between left side bearing and contour coordinates (TTX/FontTools)

  428 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Jens Kutilek November 2018Font Technology
• Vertical Metrics Confusion

  413 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by AbrahamLee August 2018Font Technology
• Create metric-equivalent font

  1.6K views 37 comments 1 point Most recent by Dave Crossland July 2018Font Technology
• What the s... – looking for something to hold onto while drawing a stencil 's'.

  685 views 21 comments 0 points Most recent by Matthijs Sluiter July 2018Lettering Critiques
• Spacing in the Cyrillic glyphs of PT Sans and Source Sans Pro

  413 views 2 comments 3 points Most recent by Stefan Peev August 2017Technique and Theory
• Modify Vertical Spacing

  657 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by peggo (Pedro González) June 2016Technique and Theory
• Ascender & descenders in Latin type design

  1.8K views 5 comments 9 points Most recent by Kent Lew June 2016Technique and Theory
• The legend of Eisenhower’s Skinny 'S'

  206 views 3 comments 8 points Most recent by Nick Shinn June 2016History of Typography
• Em Alignments and Vertical Space?

  872 views 20 comments 4 points Most recent by Wes Adams May 2016Technique and Theory
• Different width of ellipse?

  266 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn February 2016History of Typography
• Leaving Room Above And Below the Baseline for Later Expansion Of A Font - But how much?

  393 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Jeff Kellem October 2015Technique and Theory
• Mission Impossible

  412 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Choz Cunningham July 2015Type Design Critiques
• Rounded Stem Values / Kerning Values

  282 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos February 2015Technique and Theory
• Vertical metrics help for Yosemite font replacement

  81 views 0 comments 5 points Started by Kemie Guaida November 2014 Type Design Software
• Merging 2 fonts.. issues!

  193 views 0 comments 0 points Started by Mike Anderson February 2014 Type Design Software
• Asymmetric spacing of italic sidebearings

  581 views 7 comments 1 point Most recent by Max Phillips August 2013Technique and Theory
• Should expert features have the same metrics as default?

  331 views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney July 2013Technique and Theory