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Re: Futura PT Heavy's Weight Class
“Heavy” is designated 900 in FontLab 5. Usually, “Heavy” refers to a weight bolder than bold, but that was not the case with Futura.1 -
Re: Fractions
I usually make all my fractions the same width. I suspect this is because I once designed a few recipe books. In many typefaces, I include half, quarters, eighths and thirds as pre-composed nut fract…5 -
Re: About spaces
To a minor extent, I would say. Eyeballing is, instead, an exercise in personal taste, reacting to a “model” that has changed dramatically in recent years, and continues to do so. There are many rece…15 -
Re: About spaces
A good way to eyeball the space character width with InDesign: window > paragraph > justification You can vary the Space width and compare.1 -
Re: Mixfont Update - seeking a designer to help complete an AI-generated font
On the upside, AI has really stimulated my creative process. (We live in interesting times.) I’m excited to be exploring how to express myself in an intensely personal manner, antithetical to AI and …6
