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Re: Sigil Serif - My first attempt at a font..
Many designers seem to agree that is very fruitful to design not letters, but words. This will help you work out your typeface's tone and make you more appreciative of how the different shapes o…1 -
Re: Trained to ignore license agreements
Licenses are by nature legal texts, are written as such and consequently hard to read by most natural entities, aka users. Simpler licenses would at least equip users with the ability to even attempt…5 -
Re: Monospacing considerations
Maybe something you can get around with Opentype, but there also will be a lot of combinations like $12.99 or 7:23pm that will look odd if the punctuation isn't centered.3 -
Re: Quality; or, What Makes a Font Great?
Really good advice from the folks here. Thanks from my part for that. This is vague, but my personal view anyway: You can think of a typeface as a person, someone with character, habits, quirks, mann…2 -
Re: Programming ligatures and `locl`
Personally, I don't think it's a question of changing underlying data or whatnot. Have you actually asked programmers if they'd like it? Staring at valid code patterns has a funny eff…2
