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Re: Create one glyph and extrapolate its design to create others?
The Penney/Vlachou FauxFoundry approach analyzes the existing glyphs in the font to abstract the design principles for adding some more… very much like this: https://patents.google.com/patent/US67600…2 -
Re: Do you always start over a new font from scratch?
@"Alex Visi" It’s not a difference in the term (time period) of the license per se, but in the term of exclusivity. Lifetime license either way, usually. It depends on who the client is, an…1 -
Re: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli
Even with Vignelli’s list as given, my first question is… WHICH Garamond and which Bodoni? Also, I would put a humanist sans serif (e.g. Myriad) on the list and drop one of the non-Garamond serif fac…2 -
Re: Interpolation - Smooth to Sharp Transition
If you have a real curve, in a non-variable font, and one handle is retracted onto the on-curve point, that is usually just sloppy. In variable fonts, there are cases where such constructions are not…2 -
Re: Inconsistent overshoots?
Your top-of-serif won’t get its overshoot controlled. That means it will not get rounded down to the x-height at any particular size, and may sometimes visible float above the x-height—especially at …2
