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Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
My workflow: I was working as a graphic designer at the time, with font making an emerging side gig. My software environment comprised Fontographer, for making fonts—and, for testing them, which was …3 -
Re: Small Capitals
A small-to-petite cap axis in a variable font would be a useful idea. Sometimes, typographers need small caps for a mixed-case setting (U&lc), sometimes for all-small-caps, sometimes for caps-wit…2 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
To John Savard’s point, Hudson and I are splitting hairs, but that is a very typographic pursuit. As we all attempt to come to terms with new technology, new perspectives emerge. I doubt I would have…4 -
Re: Monospace Font Spacing
Here’s a good test word: mammillaria Also: Ammunition And: David Hemmings I’m sure you can find some words that you like—in fact, searching for “worst case scenario” test words, and comparing your de…2 -
Re: Returning to Type Design After 20-Year Hiatus
I often feel like I’ve stopped designing type, so much of my work in recent years has been updating designs from my most prolific era—20 years ago. Back then, pre-Opentype, It didn’t take very long t…6
