A well-made specimen sheet is a showcase of what the font is capable of, and often it is a piece of art on its own. Check out Sebastian Nagel's "Tierra Nueva" 24-page long specimen: https:/… (View Post)
Wim Crouwel, recipient of, amongs others, the 2019 Type Directors Club Medal and the 2009 Gerrit Noordzij prize, died at the age of 90 in Amsterdam. Crouwel is best known for his New Alphabet, though… (View Post)
There is no practical limit on the maximum number of glyphs to process. (Other than the intrinsic property of the OpenType specifications which does not allow certain lists to exceed 32,768 elements.… (View Post)
Awesome: http://letterror.com/misc/noordzij-cube.html Where can I order one of these!? And if it comes delivered as separate letters: I *think* I would be able to work out what weight goes where. (View Post)
Hrant, OpenType features may change output, but not input. When for example a selection is made, the glyph layout might need redrawing and thus recalculate what glyphs go out based on what goes in – … (View Post)