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

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  • Re: Extrema Issues (FontForge)

    Your "real" extrema are above where you think they are, because your off-curve control points go too far—too high at the top and too low at the bottom. They should never cross over the line…
  • Re: What's your workstation setup like?

    @""Paul Miller", I think the explanation of WHY you have what you do, and what the breakpoints are for benefits, is super useful! I sit about 4-6" further away than you (10-15 cm)…
  • Re: Examples of Serif Styles?

    Yes, except that book is seriously riddled with errors. Some of them are subtle and pernicious, others are real howlers. Your case is in between: where the IBM classification spec calls for “Century”…
  • Re: Python 3

    Most of the font world (other than FontLab) has made the move to Python 3. It is definitely the future. So, if you use FL7, perhaps start with Python 2.7, but otherwise definitely start with Python 3.
  • Re: Long font names

    There are a ton of different name fields in an OpenType font. So ... I don’t know which one you mean when you write about a length limit for “a name.” Here are three four common sets of fields, and t…
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