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Re: What's the rectangle surrounding a font glyph, including its sidebearings, called?
I call that box the metrics because it's the maximum limit of a glyph's metrics in four directions. When I'm dealing with some TV caption fonts, I keep my italics inside the metrics. Sometimes my Vie…2 -
Ultramodernity & Hypermodernity in Typeface Design
I’ve been using the terms ultramodern and hypermodern to define typefaces, but I don’t believe there is agreement on how they should be used. I was hoping to get some feedback on these terms and the …3 -
Re: How to efficiently create extrusion effects in Fontlab 8?
FontLab Studio 5 adds a 1 unit outline but the cleanup feature causes it to overlap and the remove overlap actions obliterate most of the debris.1 -
Re: Type design hot takes
@"Claudio Piccinini" The term hot take is sometimes used to mean an unpopular and controversial opinion. It's not necessarily a differing opinion for the sake of attention. For example, on …1 -
Re: This is what Monotype is doing instead of anything helpful
Something that I really like from Monotype lately is their podcast. There have been other type-related podcasts over the years but this one's my favorite so far. They've got lots of interesting guest…3
