Christopher Slye

Your description implies that your client wants full ownership of the typeface — a buyout — not simply an exclusive license. But if that’s not true, then perhaps the client could have a period of exc… (View Post)

In my opinion, kerning should always be optical -- a judgement by eye -- in the final analysis. Particularly with a humanist design like Garamond, numeric measurements are a good place to start and a… (View Post)

Like some other things, I think typeface design is one of those “minute to learn, lifetime to master” crafts — at least that seems to be the case today. I have an impulse to get protective about it, … (View Post)

(Quote) 

I think the technicalities are important — what is actually happening, versus how it looks superficially. As I said, WOFF is a wrapper, and the font is treated no differentl… (View Post)

Not having a license, or leaving basic license terms unstated, undermines your ownership of your work. It’s a vague, general principle so I don’t want to try to get into specifics (and besides, I am … (View Post)