Nick Shinn · President

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  • Re: Pros and Cons of free fonts

    I used Fontographer from 1993 to 2004. As far as I was concerned, the only Adobe-ish quality that could not be achieved with it was Multiple Masters. I could make Multiple Master fonts with Fontograp…
  • Re: TypeFacet Autokern

    I recently designed a typeface for a major international branding company, and during the design process provided them with a completed (if not final) font to try out in the layouts they were doing f…
  • Re: Square-ish Sans Serif

    This is more of a styling exercise than a type design, and as such is too sophisticated for a first attempt. I recommend starting with a design problem which requires the resolution of two ideas invo…
  • Re: Richard: A Dutch text face

    Look at it another way: there is less difference between Sensato and Lexicon than between many different interpretations of the ultra-classics, Jenson, Garamond, Caslon and Bodoni. If you have troubl…
  • Re: R.I.P.

    I use this for Ldot substitution (in the liga feature):sub L periodcentered' L by periodcentered.Ldot; sub l periodcentered' l by periodcentered.ldot; —with the special periodcentered glyphs fitted to…
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