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  • Re: Geometric display typeface for a magazine

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    Generally, this is a ton better than most people’s first font. The H seems narrower than the A, which is very odd proportions. The left side of the C and G seem a bit thin compared to top and bottom;…

  • Re: Parametric vs Interpolated fonts

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    The designer designs all the masters they want to, and designates one as the default. In the compiled font, the other masters are represented by deltas to the point positions. Values are in essence i…

  • Re: Parametric vs Interpolated fonts

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    Parametric fonts are not really “automated design,” in my opinion. They are a label for a group of technologies. An individual parametric font is a font which can be varied within some parameters. Al…

  • Re: Family x-Height

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    In the two graphics shown by Mauro, the nominal/measured x-height differences for the italic are really a difference in overshoot, not so much a difference in x-height. It is an optical issue: those …

  • Re: TDR

    Thomas PhinneyThomas Phinney
    Abraham is probably on the right track. In a similar vein: your Windows legacy family (Windows name ID 1) needs to be "TDR Black" with style (Windows name ID 2) of "Regular"
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