Thomas Phinney · Font-related forensics, type design, font production, general typography expertise.

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  • Re: Small Capitals

    Maybe it's just me, but I feel like the small caps and the petite caps are a bit too wide. The S is a bit ungainly, near the terminals. The stroke is thinning weirdly and the terminal cut is at …
  • Re: Small Capitals

    Just choose “Empty Feature (xxxx)" and then change the name in the sidebar to 'pcap'; FontLab will fill in the code appropriately. FontLab knows about pcap (and even displays the full …
  • Re: Feedback wanted

    BTW, this video of mine might be of help. Besides explaining overshoot, it covers a lot of other visual compensation issues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR-CG5eB3nQ (In the video I used FontLab S…
  • Re: Feedback wanted

    Some time soon you need to move to an actual type design app. That will allow you to work on the spacing, which is an important part of the design. The z establishes a baseline, but you don’t seem to…
  • Re: Small Capitals

    IMO: You should make the petite cap weight ~ the same as lowercase, if the height is the same.
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