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Re: Font naming - Foundry prefixes
It’s always seemed to me that prefixing a typeface name suggests there are versions by other foundries, alternatives which might be considered. That’s a mindset I’d like to avoid, for various reasons…4 -
Re: Using tablet + stylus for type design
I’ve used a stylus and tablet since 1990, I never touch a mouse or any other cursor control device. I “wrote” Handsome (a “handwritten” script face) with a stylus, using Fontographer’s pen tool, but …1 -
Re: Pseudo-random distress: a redundancy?
There is a distinction between how lay end-readers react, and type-aware professionals. As a type drawer, you said you would like to see type more cleverly imitating analog media, rather than actual …1 -
Re: Options for new type designers?
Ditto that, Mark. Passive income is better than fee-for-service, no matter how hefty, and there is plenty of it in retail fonts. The idea that we should prioritize working for fee is favored by those…1 -
Pseudo-random distress: a redundancy?
If the purpose of display type style is, more so than body text, to signify a certain kind of tonality (such as artistic), then ironically, mimicking an “organic” process defeats that purpose, becau…5
