-
Re: Units per em
The 18 unit em John mentions is from the metal type days, and it was strictly to do with the widths of the characters. The shapes of the characters were not constrained by any sort of unit grid the w…10 -
Fontself as an alternative to ScanFont
I have only vaguely followed the development of Fontself, seeing it mainly as something for dabblers and novice type designers. It lets you make a font directly from Illustrator or Photoshop. I'm onl…6 -
Re: Why are composite glyphs not used whenever possible in exported TTF files?
Composites are not allowed in CFF OpenType fonts (OT fonts with PostScript outlines). The .otf file extension usually indicates a CFF OT font, but not necessarily. Technically, an OT font with TrueTy…2 -
Re: MyFonts and families
I'm not convinced that fonts acquired on a steep discount actually get used very much. Back when I was more of a font user than a font maker, it was definitely true of me. Not that this matters that …8 -
Re: Your opinion on super heavy discounts on MyFonts.
I never do it. I think my prices are already reasonable and I don't want customers wondering if they are about to miss a better deal when they purchase a license. The only problem is, because others …4
