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Re: Hook styles on Ƙ Ƴ ƴ
In Brill, I made the hooks quite reserved, relying more on weight than size to distinguish from regular Y/y, and trying to incorporate them more naturally into the texture, and reflecing the handling…2 -
Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit
As far as I know, the last public information about this case was that JFP was appealing the decision. Has anyone heard anything else since then? In passing, I noticed on the Google Fonts site there …8 -
Re: Making JSTF better
JSTF is not a feature: it’s a separate font table, and it is not really supported in software. Simon is one of the few people who has actively experimented with it. The idea of JSTF is derived from t…5 -
Re: Panchanan - A project for digitalisation of first Bengali typeface created by Panchanan Karmakar
You are assuming a lot of things about the Wilkins type in these statements: that it is somehow more organically authentic than later Bangla types, and that it is based on Bangla handwriting. It is i…1 -
Re: When in the type design process do you start drawing different weights and styles?
I try to plan out the whole design space in my head first so, although it will probably change somewhat as I progress, I some idea of target weights and styles. Then I test a few glyphs in median and…4
