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Re: Fontlab Studio 5 Beginner questions
Use the polygon tool and you'll find the snapping you're looking for. Right click on the workspace and checkmark Paint to access the paint menu. Choose the polygon tool and empty color. Hol…2 -
Re: Kris Sowersby's "Welcome to the Infill Font Foundry"
In-fill is a real thing. I've consciously made in-fill typefaces. I've had clients specifically commission in-fill. Like my DDT typeface. The client liked Microgramma but said it was too sq…13 -
Re: Help me pick the /n/
With the first example, you're getting into Greek territory with horizontal stroke entry. The look like a bit like eta & mu. Maybe look at some Greek typefaces for ideas. Like the way the ri…2 -
Re: Display type based on odd signage
Consider the contradiction that I've been often guilty of: quirky, rustic glyphs with laser precise horizontal precision. A slight vertical misalignment can inform the reader that this is suppos…2 -
Re: Generating font weights in fontlab, Italic v Oblique
I think the oblique got a bad rap in the late 1990s and early 2000s because they were conflated with the easy skewing generated by the word processors and 10-second Fontographer slant jobs like the o…4
