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Re: Sloping math symbols in italic faces, is it normal?
I’ve always italicized them in italic fonts. They look silly otherwise in text that is predominantly italic. Now that math symbols are included in basic encoding, there’s no need to have them indepen…7 -
Re: Ink Bleed Simulation - Worth it?
It’s what you have to do when reviving a metal-era type design, because the accommodation of ink gain was, tacitly, part of the original design. The thing is, it’s not just “blur”, because metal type…3 -
Re: Generating weights - I started designing a regular (FontLab)
After I have drawn the Regular, I use this as a background layer over which I draw the skeleton path of the Hairline weight, with the pen tool in FontLab. For the Extra Bold, I start by beefing up th…1 -
Re: Generating weights - I started designing a regular (FontLab)
I make the Regular first. It embodies and clarifies the ethos of the typeface best, in particular stroke contrast, angle of stress and cadence (the new word for rhythm/colour—Erik Spiekermann and oth…3 -
Re: Tips for creating small caps in FontLab
Four global variables are: - height- weight - horizontal scale- spacing These are all attributes that can be adjusted fairly accurately in InDesign or Quark, by applying values to the basic capitals.…1
