Thanks for the suggestion
In reply to Display fonts vs text fonts- Arbitrary designations?: Thanks for the suggestion William, but my poor old MS Works does not have Bodoni to compare to Times New Roman, or the capacity to...
View ArticleJohn N., doing this exercise
In reply to Display fonts vs text fonts- Arbitrary designations?: John N., doing this exercise or something like it is essential to understanding how type works, IMHO. I think you are confusing visual...
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In reply to Managing kerning across weights in FontLab?: I use Mask-to-Master to create the MM data, then I import the afm data for each instance from the original and go from there. It has worked fine...
View ArticleIt might not be that MS’s
In reply to Kerning, Software, and other thoughts: It might not be that MS’s programmers are not able to implement kerning in MS Word. I did not say that that “MS’s programmers are not able to...
View ArticleOne of the lighter cuts of
In reply to 1970s fonts: One of the lighter cuts of Bookmania might be fitting.
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More /g/s. #2 is the one we
In reply to Millennial Oldstyle: crit welcome: More /g/s. #2 is the one we just saw on the lower line of the previous post, which I agree has a "skewed roman" look to it. #3 is a revision that tries to...
View ArticleOk, I posted in the wrong
In reply to Looking for the name of this font or a similar font: Ok, I posted in the wrong forum. I don't if I managed to move the post. Actually, I found a font related to the typeface I was...
View ArticleA crude job, but i tried to
In reply to Very heavy experimental display face: A crude job, but i tried to isolate the typeface to help as much as i can. http://cl.ly/3M1l2e092S2X3p2H1t3K
View ArticleAfter thinking about it
In reply to Display fonts vs text fonts- Arbitrary designations?: After thinking about it further, you are right. I was not considering readability, which is indeed something different than merely...
View ArticleFound another!
In reply to Very heavy experimental display face: Found another! http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/70cfc915dfe2390f5d62e600fbc...
View Article... – millions of legacy
In reply to Kerning, Software, and other thoughts: ... – millions of legacy documents would reflow That's not a valid reason. Word documents may already reflow by the simple act of opening them on...
View ArticleYour samples may appear the
In reply to Display fonts vs text fonts- Arbitrary designations?: Your samples may appear the same on screen only. A typical Display font is tweaked to have slightly thinner verticals, because it's...
View Article> I think I will just go with
In reply to Display fonts vs text fonts- Arbitrary designations?: > I think I will just go with my intuition, which tells me that > if used with care, some display fonts can work for text. Only...
View Article@aluminum - It's cheaper to
In reply to Mininova sharing fonts: @aluminum - It's cheaper to lobby a law to try and help an outdated business model breathe a little longer than to rebuild said model.
View Article/me grabs popcorn, sits down
In reply to Announcing Lorimer by James Puckett (now on the Pirate Bay!): /me grabs popcorn, sits down next to hrant
View ArticleI made the comment before
In reply to Display fonts vs text fonts- Arbitrary designations?: I made the comment before observing the significant difference in spacing, although I will take refuge in the idea that any display...
View ArticleI don't know if "RAMPAL"
In reply to Please Help Identify These Fonts!: I don't know if "RAMPAL" exists as a digital font but a similar one is AstroSolid ©1997 by David Occhino for Treehouse Graphic Design I think "Japanese...
View Article"Savio" is probably a
In reply to Help ID these 2 album art fonts for me please: "Savio" is probably a customized version of Beaumarchais by David F.Nalle (c) 1993 Scriptorium Fonts
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