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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 -
Ascender & descenders in Latin type design
The technique of determining ascenders & descenders has been discussed recently in font critiques. I think it deserves it's own discussion. @"Hrant H. Papazian" mentioned his techn…9
