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Re: New logo with custom type: MARKESSA. How did I do?
What era are you intending to evoke with the typography for this brand? Currently the more even glyph widths are more “modern”; the narrower S and wider M some folks are proposing would be more “old …1 -
Re: Glyphs (characters) alternative
You can use any extension you like, but only the ones that correspond to standard feature names will help generate feature code. FontLab supports .ss01, .salt .cv01 and many others.3 -
Re: Old font tools still in use?
Nope. FontLab 8.2, and generally latest versions of various other tools. There was a while after FontLab VI came out that I still used 5 as well, but that gradually changed over the following year or…3 -
Re: Regular vs Book
@"Nick Shinn" The OpenType spec itself indicates that Regular and Normal share the same weightclass, 400. It does the same thing with ExtraBold and UltraBold (both 800), and Black and Heavy…2 -
Re: How to calculate other stem widths of masters from Regular weight
Unsurprisingly, I agree with John. A couple of additional thoughts: * in most cases, extrapolation works better in the “bolder” direction than in the “lighter” direction * the more extreme the target…2
