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Re: Sans serif display fonts theory
Another thing is the distance of the dot on the /i and j/ as well as accents. Further away in text sizes, closer in display.3 -
Re: Sans serif display fonts theory
If you look at old foundry type specimens, nearly all styles were cut with a particular size in mind, including sans faces. Generally, the smaller sizes are a little wider and more loosely spaced wit…4 -
Re: Metafont – ?
That's also included in Knuth's book TEX and METAFONT: New Directions in Typesetting, 1979. I've got a copy. It's where I first heard of all this in the early '80s. You can still purchase it at place…2 -
Re: Metafont – ?
I think the failure of Metafont is that the model it's based on is too simple and not flexible enough for creating (or re-creating) typefaces. It always struck me that Metafont fonts look as if they …3 -
Re: Digital strategy for "luxury" fonts
This reminds me of something House Industries did back around 2000 with their Luxury font collection, which were inspired by high-end brand logos. It's been priced normally since a few years later, b…3
