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Re: What does font production mean?
It isn’t a term we use at Tiro, though, I think because I wasn’t ever sure where production ended and engineering began, whereas some foundries seem to have quite clear delineation of tasks and roles…1 -
Re: Your most valuable Tips & Tricks in Type Design!
Know where to start and proceed systematically. When it comes to actually creating glyphs in a tool like FontLab or Glyphs, I like to start with the structural glyphs, the ones that establish the com…7 -
Re: Glyph Set for Book Typesetting
It will depend on the content of the book, and the style of typography used, which will determine not only the required glyph set but also the range of weights and styles needed. If we’re presuming a…2 -
Re: Lining tnum in italic shape
Don’t assume that tabular numbers are only used in tables, or that tables do not include text. Consider, e.g. spreadsheets, which may contain combinations of text and numbers, in which it is likely, …1 -
Re: Looking for references of very heavy serifs with diagonal stress
I think you have understood a good principle: that the arrangement of where weight falls is more important to suggesting oblique stress than the rotation of the counter.2
