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Re: Sans serif display fonts theory
Working from Display to Text my first concern is the redistribution of weight and amount of styles. Styles typically reduce down as you ideally need less of an array, as a Text family may or may not …2 -
Re: Font metrics settings for desktop and web fonts
Easier than it sounded initially. I love the simplicity to that glyph being that it's 'only' an acute/grave attached to circumflex (at least in comparison to what I recall as more complex Vietnamese …1 -
Re: What are the great conceptual fonts?
My first thought was Wim Crouwel's New Alphabet typeface.2 -
Re: What units per em do you tend to use during fontdevelopment?
I used 2000 many years ago as it was helpful with very fine outlines such as hairline weights, and I was always exploring that end of the weight spectrum. Then I became concerned about optimization o…5 -
The selfless butterfly. Or: Using and avoiding ligatures.
Sharing this interesting read by Christopher Bergmann, of isoletters. https://www.isoglosse.de/2020/04/the-selfless-butterfly-or-using-and-avoiding-ligatures/3