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Re: Reasons to NOT Standardize Cap-Height Across Font Library
I do standardize some vertical metrics between typefaces—but only when they are specifically designed as a suite (for instance Scotch Modern and Figgins Sans). But in general they come out all over t…4 -
Re: Contextual alternates in latin sans-serif
I suspect the typography of this old album cover was rub-down (Letraset/Mecanorma), with the accented characters not provided on the transfer sheets, but produced by “stealing” accents from, for inst…1 -
Re: New font name for the 10th anniversary version
I’ve used “Nova” (which I swiped from Mark Simonson’s Proxima Nova). As you have added Arabic, perhaps some indication of that, if all the scripts are in one font with no individual script versions. …2 -
Re: Jonathan Hoefler on type ai (on threads)
My opposition to AI has nothing to do with pastiche vs. originality, or copyright. It’s a step too far, as if the previous generation of digital technology hasn’t already proven to be a disaster for …1 -
Re: Why are there no font managers that can sort the fonts with AI?
Identifont is also an independent, “neutral” site, run by an actual person, David Johnson.4
