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Re: While working on a typeface, how do you handle all those candidates for the same glyph?
I usually just add .1, .2, .3, or whatever. Usually, it's not because I'm undecided, but because I want to try a different approach and I want an easy way to go back if it doesn't work out. Sooner or…6 -
Re: Usefulness of plugins & extensions & other tools.
I use Nina Stossinger’s Word-o-Mat a lot. It basically generates endless quantities of random words in various languages according to your specifications. It was written for RoboFont, but there’s a v…3 -
Re: Naming the extreme styles on a contrast axis?
There was a VGC face in the seventies called Baker Sans that had three different contrast styles: Mono (very similar to Helvetica), Display, and Fineline. I wouldn't necessarily endorse it as a solut…3 -
Re: Most common kern pairs
I realize that this is somewhat off-topic, but discussions like this always remind me how limiting the kerning-pair system is, especially as character sets have grown so large. Class kerning helps, b…6 -
Re: Limited character set text generator
There is also this one, from Tim Ahrens.2
