Thank you very much guys !
In reply to Which Typefaces for Reading Primers?: Thank you very much guys !
View ArticleYou can get something close
In reply to Tall Skinny caps fonts?: You can get something close to your last sample with Kozuka Gothic Pro Extra Light.
View ArticleWindows rendering ignores the
In reply to can firefox display the embedded bitmap font in the .ttf?: Windows rendering ignores the reality of fonts without special TrueType hinting. Mac rendering accommodates all fonts. Isn’t it...
View ArticleFor your first two samples
In reply to Tall Skinny caps fonts?: For your first two samples (which aren’t really similar to the third one), you’ll find some suggestions here: http://typophile.com/node/80075#comment-456211
View ArticleHere's an article that
In reply to woman in typedesign : Here's an article that critiques the lack of women in the design industry and gives a historical evaluation of why this is. Hagmann, S. (2005). ‘Non-existent design:...
View ArticleKhaled, I interpret this
In reply to extending the line between Arabic letters: Khaled, I interpret this slightly differently: kashida is an elongation of the first letter but may have an influence on the shape of the second...
View ArticleThanks, Kent. It's a morass
In reply to indicating elision on the web: Thanks, Kent. It's a morass out there. Pun intended. I sense, perhaps erroneously, opportunities for the smaller foundries/publishers. And hedging bets, will...
View ArticleSounds like you are doing the
In reply to woman in typedesign : Sounds like you are doing the same assignment — http://typophile.com/node/36445 See also http://typophile.com/node/29489
View ArticleI got fontforge installed on
In reply to FontForge as a Typeface Design Environment--Good Idea, Bad Idea: I got fontforge installed on Mac OS X Lion, and wrote up a blog post on how I did it....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thank you for the comments.
In reply to extending the line between Arabic letters: Thank you for the comments. It's all very helpful. Just to provide a little visual to the theory, I'm attaching two images. The first image shows...
View ArticleI interpret this slightly
In reply to extending the line between Arabic letters: I interpret this slightly differently When elongating, say, جر, the kashida is hardly part of the jeem as it does not affect it more than it...
View ArticleDraw a lowercase n and then
In reply to Technique and workflow when designing a typeface digitally : Draw a lowercase n and then figure out how many other glyphs are hiding in there. Then draw a lower case o and examine it in the...
View ArticleI think Uthman Taha's
In reply to extending the line between Arabic letters: I think Uthman Taha's kashida-less one is better, Emiri's Allah "ligature" is very poor, I'd never use it if only for that, but as far as kashida...
View ArticleI think you need to have a
In reply to Sensato Italics (Swash Caps): I think you need to have a serious rethink about your gaps and their purpose. Some characters are hardly recognisable as what they're meant to be at all,...
View ArticleAlthough it's more
In reply to Cool type videos: Although it's more calligraphy, it must be said that the movies by Job and Roel Wouters, are great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3xSxzhRB0...
View ArticleEthnocentric (by Larabie),
In reply to Any help in identifying this font would be greatly appreciated!(:: Ethnocentric (by Larabie), freeware http://www.abstractfonts.com/font/3075
View ArticleVery reminiscent of Filosofia
In reply to Looks like Bodoni...what is it??: Very reminiscent of Filosofia from Emigre, with an added stroke.
View ArticleThank you. How about the
In reply to Please confirm - is "Fantastic Man" serif logo Baskerville?: Thank you. How about the interior page type in the attached imgs...(can't seem to get the imgs to load into the post)?
View ArticleSorry for the late reply, but
In reply to Strictly custom type companies?: Sorry for the late reply, but thank you for the information, Goran!
View Article"But isn't Firefox displaying
In reply to can firefox display the embedded bitmap font in the .ttf?: "But isn't Firefox displaying anti-aliased text, so it only displays "graymaps"? In that case, if you've embedded black and white...
View Article