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Re: Any Good Book Recommendations on Type Design?
If you want heavy on illustrations, regardless of explanation or text, do check out Wo der Buchstabe das Wort führt by Kurt Weidemann. Body text is German only, but it’s a yuuuge coffee table book wi…3 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
Please see Thomas’ correction to my post, above. Whatever Adobe’s intent was with the purchase, I agree the end result is regrettable from an end user perspective, though I don’t claim to know what k…1 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
Somehow I forgot RoboFog, the customized version of Fontographer 3.5 that changed type design forever by integrating Python, later spawning RoboFab then RoboFont.1 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
Microsoft VTT was based on Sampo Kaasila's Visual TypeMan and/or Visual StingRay, if I recall correctly.2 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
Ares Fontmonger was a po-man's Fontographer. They also made Font Chameleon, a sort of early MM implementation that Adobe bought to remove from the market. There was also a tool named Softy.2
