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Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
Those alternate glyphs are masters. The “weak zones” I refer to occur when neither the flat nor the pointed top are particularly appropriate. For Futura, between Regular and Heavy. (I don’t know how …2 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
There is an ontological issue. Being infinitely variable is fundamentally different than having a discrete number of axis states to choose from. It may well be for the user that it is the more practi…4 -
Re: Photo Typeface?
Not all photo-composition was from glyph images on film fonts. The first wave of digital fonts in the 1970s (CRTronic, Digitek, etc.) used various methods to burn glyph shapes onto light-sensitive pa…3 -
Re: Overload by typefaces
There are always emergent possibilities, created by new technology and changing cultural circumstances. And the sheer profusion of people designing type, from all around the world, cultures interacti…2 -
Re: Overload by typefaces
To be specific as to how new technology can create emergent possibilities, consider the pseudo-random effect. First, about 20 years ago, Robert Slimbach, while working at Adobe, was able to utilize h…5
