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Sub-Standard Line
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Most recent by
Craig Eliason
June 26
History of Typography
Should ascenders/descenders match the "Ascender" and "Descender" vertical metric values?
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15
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Most recent by
PabloImpallari
April 2023
Technique and Theory
What's the rectangle surrounding a font glyph, including its sidebearings, called?
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28
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Most recent by
Ray Larabie
June 2022
Technique and Theory
Vertical metrics strategy for optical sizes
409
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8
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Most recent by
Nick Shinn
September 2021
Technique and Theory
Font with extremely tall ascenders/descenders in multiline text in Adobe applications
894
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10
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Most recent by
André G. Isaak
September 2021
Technique and Theory
Letter-fitting and spacing research
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20
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Most recent by
John Hudson
May 2021
Technique and Theory
The default line height in OSX fontbook
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5
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Most recent by
Jonny Gibson
May 2020
Technique and Theory
Fonts won't upload to Myfonts - vertical metrics issues?
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25
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Most recent by
Thomas Phinney
December 2019
Font Technology
How short can ascenders go?
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9
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Most recent by
Eris Alar
January 2019
Technique and Theory
Relationship between left side bearing and contour coordinates (TTX/FontTools)
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Most recent by
Jens Kutilek
November 2018
Font Technology
Vertical Metrics Confusion
367
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4
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Most recent by
AbrahamLee
August 2018
Font Technology
Create metric-equivalent font
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37
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1
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Most recent by
Dave Crossland
July 2018
Font Technology
What the s... – looking for something to hold onto while drawing a stencil 's'.
690
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21
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Most recent by
Matthijs Sluiter
July 2018
Lettering Critiques
Spacing in the Cyrillic glyphs of PT Sans and Source Sans Pro
417
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2
comments
3
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Most recent by
Stefan Peev
August 2017
Technique and Theory
Modify Vertical Spacing
655
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7
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Most recent by
peggo (Pedro González)
June 2016
Technique and Theory
Ascender & descenders in Latin type design
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5
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9
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Most recent by
Kent Lew
June 2016
Technique and Theory
The legend of Eisenhower’s Skinny 'S'
200
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3
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8
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Most recent by
Nick Shinn
June 2016
History of Typography
Em Alignments and Vertical Space?
877
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20
comments
4
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Most recent by
Wes Adams
May 2016
Technique and Theory
Different width of ellipse?
264
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6
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Most recent by
Nick Shinn
February 2016
History of Typography
Leaving Room Above And Below the Baseline for Later Expansion Of A Font - But how much?
395
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6
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Most recent by
Jeff Kellem
October 2015
Technique and Theory
Mission Impossible
413
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7
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Most recent by
Choz Cunningham
July 2015
Type Design Critiques
Rounded Stem Values / Kerning Values
289
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9
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Most recent by
Chris Lozos
February 2015
Technique and Theory
Vertical metrics help for Yosemite font replacement
85
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0
comments
5
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Started by
Kemie Guaida
November 2014
Type Design Software
Merging 2 fonts.. issues!
192
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Started by
Mike Anderson
February 2014
Type Design Software
Asymmetric spacing of italic sidebearings
565
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7
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Most recent by
Max Phillips
August 2013
Technique and Theory
Should expert features have the same metrics as default?
340
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17
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Most recent by
Thomas Phinney
July 2013
Technique and Theory