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1. One risks discrepancies

In reply to Open source typefaces:

1. One risks discrepancies when working off-line with other folks' data, especially when one should be sleeping.

2. FontForge defaults to Unix conventions for T1 fonts: AFM/PFA or AFM/PFB. AFM-to-PFM conversion utilities exist.

@Pablo – As much as it sounds like kvetching, much of it was information I needed. I found I was two subversions behind on Fabrik, for fanen!

Edit 1:

The Fabrik TTFs I have (from a fresh download) have 570–571 kerning pairs, according to my .fea (OpenType feature file) dumps. Their instructing, however, is very limited.

Next iteration of the TypoShop ubs list:

Version: 1.1

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Typeface:    Capitalis Minimalis
Fonts:       1: Md
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.2
Format:      T1,TTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Poor man's Capitalis Monumentalis

Typeface:    Fabrik
Fonts:       7: Rg/RgI/Bd/Bl, Cond(Rg/Bd), Footnote
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.5
Format:      T1,TTF,OTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Coarse, unrefined, geometric sans-serif

Typeface:    Grabstein Grotesk
Fonts:       1: Md
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.1
Format:      T1,TTF,OTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Narrow, squarish sans-serif, based on headstone inscriptions

Typeface:    Jakob
Fonts:       4: Rg/RgI/Bd, Smallcaps
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.8
Format:      T1,TTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Geometric sans-serif for signs, inspired by Erbar Grotesk

Typeface:    Mops Antiqua
Fonts:       1: Md
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.2
Format:      T1,TTF,OTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Serif, similar to Meeks's Chesterfield Antique

Typeface:    Plakative Grotesk
Fonts:       1: Md
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.6
Format:      T1,TTF,OTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Sans-serif in light Inserat style

Typeface:    Saarland
Fonts:       1: Md
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.3
Format:      T1,TTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Sans-serif, init. based on 1930s' propaganda type

Typeface:    Schilder Grotesk
Fonts:       1: Md
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.1
Format:      T1,TTF,OTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Squarish sans-serif, based on old Karlsruhe street signage

Typeface:    St32k
Fonts:       1: Md
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.2
Format:      T1,TTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: Heavier St37k, works as smallcaps with same

Typeface:    St37k
Fonts:       1: Rg
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.5
Format:      T1,TTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: All-caps, display, based on R. Koch's Stahl

Typeface:    Tattoo U
Fonts:       1: Md
Foundry:     TypoShop ubs
Home:        http://uwes.suche-plus.de/
Version:     1.0
Format:      T1,TTF,SFD
Licensing:   OFL
Designer:    Uwe Borchert
Description: All-upper display face with loops

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