Frode Helland

The combination “gj” occurs often in Norwegian. I find a positive kern almost always too disruptive. If the collision isn’t too messy, touching is not a problem. The safest solution is to have a fair… (View Post)

My point is that there is a huge gap between what a graphic designer think is involved in “making a font”, and what type design actually is.  (View Post)

@"Piotr Grochowski" Your comment unintentionally underlines my point. You talk about the spacing as something that is defined separate from the letterforms – a set of values listed “somewhe… (View Post)

To reiterate Thomas’ point: Drawing a set of letterforms in Illustrator accounts for maybe 20% of the work that goes into a decent typeface. And that’s a very generous estimate. Spacing isn’t somethi… (View Post)

You can touch. More display-y, and you’d typically not do so in text. It is acceptable if it does, but a decent multilingual text face should have a ring that can work consistently above/below all le… (View Post)