... all have the same wide 'a'. I suppose that the foundry display sizes could have been cut without these restrictions, but I ... a too-wide problem It's interesting how some people (like me) would consider knowing about the "textbook" ...

Forum topic - gerald_giampa - 27 Aug 2003 - 7:03am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

To those who have had your type design accepted by a foundry - please be kind and answer a few easy questions. A) What ... happened to fit a market that Monotype needed to supply: people who were sick of Gill Sans but still wanted an indentifiably British ...

Forum topic - sean - 19 Dec 2006 - 9:45am - 45 comments - 0 attachments

... The only negative aspect I could see is that it dissuades people from buying the fonts of people who design and sell good ones. But no ... a load of rip off fonts for free on the web to spite a foundry, then that's probably immoral (there are always exceptions, of ...

Forum topic - dan_reynolds - 28 Jun 2004 - 4:26am - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... that you'll find that the faces from the Enschede foundry might be up there. The complete Trinite (a wonderful text ... licences, then you can easily spot unlicenced use. 3. If people are paying that much, they are less likely to copy the font for their ...

Forum topic - manard - 23 Jun 2003 - 3:22pm - 32 comments - 0 attachments

... (1960) has a sample of a grotesk "cast by the Swiss Haas Foundry", but it appears to be Schelter & Giesecke grotesk (like FF Bau). ... can you prove this? if so, i'm sure the Punchcut people would like to know. This thread and a few others This thread and ...

Forum topic - xurxo_insua - 1 May 2004 - 2:56pm - 75 comments - 0 attachments

... better than Fontographer when creating pixel fonts? Do people create the fonts in PS and then import in Fontographer? > So ... paint fonts in Photoshop and publish through TiD's new foundry. TiD has built a converter* that makes gray-pixel TTFs out of ...

Forum topic - striker2 - 3 Jul 2003 - 2:02pm - 66 comments - 0 attachments

... called Koster Initials, apparently issued by the Cleveland Foundry in the late 19th century. Any help appreciated. hhp Laurens ... never figure out why it was chosen. I think some of the people in the typesetting department had different tastes than the art ...

Forum topic - hrant - 6 Aug 2003 - 3:15pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments

... Mrs. Eaves (Emigre) Gotham (Hoefler Type Foundry) 20th Century (Monotype) Base (Emigre) Agency ... and hate what it does to French culture: according to some people (like Mandel), a small x-height is a requirement of being a ...

Forum topic - andywall - 9 Jun 2003 - 9:29am - 56 comments - 0 attachments

... aw.. i knew it there's always comments or people like that i mean "free" yes, free, it's not like they ... - the modreator. Mr Peters is the owner of the type foundry "LE CLUB DE REMISE EN FORME". Since he's a nice guy, ...

Forum topic - heyzuppals - 15 May 2008 - 1:32am - 13 comments - 0 attachments

... soft sans for TV use? http://www.letterror.com/foundry/critter/index.html Try that little (LTR) Critter. I ... or a broadcast monitor to be sure. 7: This is where people may disagree with me: Be wary of chunky fonts at smaller sizes, they can ...

Forum topic - mkk - 3 Mar 2004 - 7:35am - 15 comments - 0 attachments