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... C Calligraphy Cantillation Marks Cap Height Cap-line Case Centre Stroke Chancery ... Display Fonts Dot Dot Leader DPI Drop Cap DSIG Ductus E Ear Egyptian ...

Wiki - Ken Messenger - 9 Feb 2012 - 12:32pm - 0 comments

The best fonts you can't have...

... try out ideas. My next task is to try out versions of the Cap R. This still bugs me. Even though the original is undoubtedly the correct ... book form the 80's with no setting or character set. (ill drop a scan when I get it). Mercator really gives off 60's vibe and is ...

Forum topic - SuperUltraFabulous - 24 May 2006 - 2:30pm - 97 comments - 0 attachments

perfect dotted line in Illustrator

... The Stroke options MUST be set to "Round Join" and "Round Cap" (these are in the Stroke Palette") The wider the stroke is in ... and now I need to use it in a different file. I drag and drop it into the new file, but it doesn't allow me to change the color of the ...

Forum topic - ill sans - 12 Oct 2006 - 6:59am - 32 comments - 0 attachments

Do font pros really use FontLab or Fontographer?

... to generate my font via FontLab. Am I able to to just drop the eps file into FontLab? Is there a way to not include Illustrator? Can ... 1 point corresponds to 1 em unit (i.e., if your target cap height is 700 em units, make your caps in Illustrator 700 points tall). ...

Forum topic - msa - 7 Mar 2007 - 8:29am - 75 comments - 0 attachments

typeface testing

... RIPping, because I have total control over resolution, ink drop size, and color management (I carefully tuned all these parameters to ... the gap between the lc 't'&'y', the right side of the Cap U. Still, it pretty good! The main downside is ( still) cost per ...

Forum topic - nicolaj - 5 Oct 2005 - 5:16am - 74 comments - 0 attachments

New Type Term

... the set-width, I reduced the x-height, relative to the cap height. " Sheesh. So maybe like my point #3 in defence of "bouma" ... make more sense if we were to use terms like "reach" and "drop". Ascenders reach and descenders drop. You could then compare Futura with ...

Forum topic - hrant - 28 Sep 2005 - 2:02pm - 61 comments - 0 attachments

Sofa: a cosy typeface

... these will show up to the right of the command in the drop down menus. i hope this helps! btw, very nice work! it looks ... lower case el; the central bar of the Ef can overshoot the Cap and Baselines so that your counters can be larger; the tail on the Hard ...

Forum topic - Sebastian Nagel - 25 Jun 2008 - 12:28pm - 72 comments - 16 attachments

what th???!!! {PG-13}

... of the human body in various contorted forms. The cap M was very sweet - two figures in profile facing each other and holding ... we got kids in the audience sorry, it was a drop dead reference, i couldn't help myself. are we on cops? harold, are we ...

Forum topic - paul d hunt - 9 Jan 2006 - 11:37am - 128 comments - 0 attachments

G A R A D O T

... and curves, like your 'Q'. Also notice that the cap height is below that of the ascenders, thus exaggerating the length. ... extender length variations are lovely, Miguel. Just drop the mutant double 'r'! I think the punctuation ...

Forum topic - Miguel Hernandez - 15 Jan 2003 - 10:25pm - 61 comments - 0 attachments

Correct use of small caps at the beginning of a paragraph

... I have seen of The main use I have seen of this is when drop caps are used to begin a chapter. The first word used (initial drop ... Whether started with a drop Whether started with a drop cap (initial) or simply led in with small caps, I follow the style that uses a ...

Forum topic - Palatine - 30 Dec 2005 - 1:10pm - 38 comments - 0 attachments