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Re: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli
To put Massimo Vignelli in context, in his day most graphic designers and art directors had access to very few text faces, and these were the classic serif designs, plus Helvetica, Univers and Futura…4 -
Re: Do you always start over a new font from scratch?
For my original retail designs, I do usually start from scratch. However, I find that corporate clients who ask for custom designs generally want something that looks a lot like something else. In th…2 -
Re: Dalton Maag is recruiting
Actually, I am the actual type designer, and share the royalties with myself. It would be nice if Google paid royalties, too, as well as fee. While still providing the fonts libre. They could certain…6 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
There should therefore be a means of licensing a custom-weights version of a VF for web use. An app on the distributor site could do that, and generate the VF with only the weight instances requested.1 -
Re: Small Capital Figures?
My practice is to: 1. Omit figures from the <smcp> feature 2. Provide small-cap-lining figures in <c2sc> (both tab and proportional) 3. Where the font’s lining figures are 3/4 height, als…7
