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Re: W3C Incremental Font Transfer (IFT) is now a candidate recommendation
The Patch Map Table is added when the font is prepped for Incremental Font Transfer, so this is a server side operation, prior to serving the first part of the font.* IFT has taken a really long time…6 -
Re: How much bigger do you like to make your x-height for Bold?
As with everything else in type design, this is properly considered relative to size. The larger the text, the less need for this kind of adjustment and, indeed, as you observed in logo work it may b…5 -
Re: How much bigger do you like to make your x-height for Bold?
I usually add a little height in the bolder weights, the amount depending on the stroke contrast. More importantly perhaps, I make my italic lowercase slightly shorter than the roman, because the sla…3 -
Re: What's this old metal arabic typeface?
Khaled commented on the design when I posted a link to typo.social Looks like the kind of typeface cut in Europe, but I don’t immediately recognize it (not that I’m very familiar with European Arabic…1 -
Re: Which is the best free font editor?
The reason someone uses something — or wants to use something — may have little to do with the intent or ‘purpose’ assigned to the thing by the person who made or published that thing. ‘Zero dollars’…1