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Re: The Next Font Format?
(Belatedly) Yes: witness that Adobe had abandoned each of its previous font DRM schemes at some point earlier, as well. The costs of supporting DRM for fonts are huge. Additionally, in many cases th…1 -
Re: Font editors - documentation and communities
I have had a number of people write to me and comment on how massively improved FontLab’s support is nowadays compared to several years ago. We hired two more people (@"Pooja Saxena" and @&…3 -
Re: Determine whether a font file is OpenType format or TrueType format
You need to ask WHY you want to make a distinction. For many needs, what Roel does, and what Adobe does, is useful: distinguish between the two different kinds of outlines. I do not find the approach…2 -
Re: Drawing masters
I used to do a Regular first. Now I often do a few glyphs in a regular weight to get the “feel” of it, and then switch to doing the lightest and the boldest (or something quite heavy*), and interpola…3 -
Re: A manifold of fonts
I played with Font Chameleon. It was fun, and its approach to blending worked better than some. I liked its approach to abstracting a design as a “font descriptor.” I don’t think many people ever got…1
