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Re: How do you make a living as an independent type designer?
Hanging out my shinngle: I named my foundry after myself, for several reasons. Firstly, I couldn’t think up a fancy name that wasn’t already taken. Secondly, Hoefler & Frere-Jones seemed to be do…7 -
Re: Bold small caps: necessity, abomination, or side effect of variability?
Linotype specimen, 1958. Faces with Bold Italic Small Caps: Cloister Garamond Bold No.3 Caslon No.3 Bodoni Memphis4 -
Re: What kind of impact did digital/social media have on fonts?
One big change was the eclipse of serif fonts. Whereas before the www it was common wisdom that serifs were best for immersive reading of text, pixellation on low res screens changed that. Suddenly, …9 -
Re: ChatGPT 4o has much better type design and typography output
I’m not interested in the details of how far along AI is now or will become. It’s just the latest disruptor of the graphic arts industry, with ever increasing volume, speed and intensity. This FOMO r…8 -
Re: manual hintig necessary?
If AI hinting is that good, it should likely be done by the rendering device or layout app—after all, that is where Adobe’s “optical kerning” takes place, not in the font.1
