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Re: AI for custom type
“AI” fonts seem analogous to “AI” writing. They’re both unsatisfying to look at. Garbage in, garbage out, there is nothing new under the sun. Conversely on the human side there is plenty of beauty be…2 -
Re: Creative Fabrica - AI Font Generator
I find most discussion of “AI” to be utterly useless, primarily because “AI” is regarded at least implicitly as One Thing, when it appears to be many unrelated things like generative adversarial netw…3 -
Re: Etiquette on using a historic source that's already been used
A revival is a revival. Making one does not magically transfer ownership of the original. You are no more obliged to a previous revival than the next revival is obliged to you. Keep that in mind when…4 -
Re: Ray Cruz (RIP)
Ray Cruz hired me to work on the OpenType programming for his Cruz Grafica fonts back in the early 2000s, through a referral from Ralph at Phil’s Fonts, if I recall. Ray was gracious and generous. I …3 -
Re: Who are the rising stars of the type world?
I don’t know how old Dave Lawrence of California Type Foundry is, but I’ve been impressed by his output for the past several years and have bought a license for his Bodoni Casale. His FontLab tutoria…4
