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Re: Metric and em size
There have been issues in some third-party PDF rendering with an assumption that CFF flavour OT fonts have a UPM of 1000—the old PS Type 1 standard—, which results in scaling errors. It has been some…2 -
Re: Typewriter typeface vs monospace typeface
Monospace is easy, since it is a technical description of a typeface with a common advance width shared by all the glyphs. The term implies nothing about the design or style of the typeface. So I wou…3 -
Re: The LeMo Method
You can spend ages drawing and redrawing a letter on paper, and at the end of the day you still have something that you need to digitise in order to be useful. Designing type directly in the digital …3 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
That was definitely the case when we were testing fonts on a variety of AR/VR headsets shortly before COVID. The project didn’t come to anything, alas, but I learned a lot about lens types and what h…1 -
Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
@MrEchs It is only good news for independent type designers—and independent foundries—if there remain ways for them to leverage the value of fonts and earn a living independently of the channels owne…20
