John Hudson

  • Re: How would you redo Unicode?

    Completely eliminate all decomposable diacritic characters and enforce use of letter + combining mark sequences in all languages. Fix Hebrew canonical combining class assignments. Consistently assign…
  • Re: Pricing a limited font?

    Troy’s spreadsheet template approach is similar to mine. I also have a freely available template, which I created for a TypeWknd online tutorial a few years ago. I wrote an introduction for clients o…
  • Re: New UAE Dirham Currency Symbol

    I wonder if Unicode will accept two characters for encoding, or handle the digital currency symbol with the enclosing circle character?
  • Re: Pricing a limited font?

    I tend to calculate the rights licensing aspect of a commission by applying a multiplier to the labour cost, on the basis that the size of a font project often relates to its value. How large the mul…
  • Re: Pricing a limited font?

    Who will own the design? Does the client want to own it, or might they be content with a period of exclusive use? Do you think the design might have future value, e.g. if you were to adapt it to addi…
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