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Re: Should ascenders/descenders match the "Ascender" and "Descender" vertical metric values?
I highly recommend making your dimensions similar to a related fallback font. Users are now accustomed to fonts behaving in a predictable (if not exact) way to likeminded fonts. For example, they wil…11 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
I’d like to be clear that while I’m answering the OP and Joyce’s questions, my answers are fleshed out in assumption of a silent audience reading these responses. This is the stuff I wanted to know 2…11 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
No, I’m not being deliberated humble or naive, I’m just trying to be as honest as possible. And I agree with you — I’m not sure it explains the sales either. I think we all know how unpredictable the…4 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
Without being glib: skill, hard work, luck/timing, marketing. I realised recently that I’ve spent about 17 years of 10+ hour days 5-6 days a week. I don’t condone this, it’s insane. But it means I’ve…25 -
Re: Variable fonts
@"Cory Maylett" It’s worth clarifying here: mastering any professional-grade font for use in the modern software environment is a highly-skilled, technical process. It is simply not true to…3
