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Re: The future of type
I predict that fonts will migrate to become part of layout applications, as parametric (metafont) entities. Eventually. This will shift the focus of interest in typography further away from the reduc…3 -
Re: Help with greek needed
I would make the Greek descenders a bit deeper. The tails on zeta, xi and sigma should not be as deep as other “descenders”. I also think there could be more consistency in the central strokes of phi…2 -
Re: Dyslexie font - activism
While I am skeptical of such typefaces, I suspect that there may be a “placebo” effect (as long as they aren’t significantly harder to read). In other words, knowing that a typeface has been specific…8 -
Re: What's the use of a tangent point?
Another tip: if you hold down the shift key in FontLab, it will constrain handles to a point, orthogonally.1 -
Re: What's the use of a tangent point?
As far as I know, it’s not a requirement in PostScript fonts, just as aid to the design process. Although it would seem to indicate a smooth transition from straight to curved, that is not actually t…2
