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Re: Widespread misunderstanding of AdobeType's license causing foundries to loose revenue.
Per TypeDrawers’ rules, without going into too much detail on methods: you can spend $0 on the tools to download a web embedded font and convert it into OTF or TTF in less than 30 seconds. I open WOF…1 -
Eyeball font identification party trick strategies
When I want to recognize a text font without looking it up, one of the first things I do is scan through copy for instances of the italic, because italics are easier to distinguish among. Am I the on…1 -
Re: EULA question - mobile devices
Custom fonts work surprisingly well on a Kindle Paperwhite, though a few have squirrely-looking hinting. It's much easier to install them on Kindle hardware (it's basically a USB storage dr…2 -
Re: Create one glyph and extrapolate its design to create others?
I believe Laurence Penney and Irene Vlachou do something analogous to this with their FauxFoundry utility for synthesizing Greek letterforms derived from existing Latin type designs.2 -
Re: Obscure Zapfiana: Zapf Chancery alternate glyphs never digitized
Interesting; I know that Berthold’s Palatino digitization disappeared from the market after Berthold’s later “ownership” by the late Mr Hunt. Perhaps someone at Monotype will see fit to dust off and …1
