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Time for a website for free font development?

... from the typographic community, and am also inviting people from the free software world to weigh in, as well. As such, there will ... site with a submission/selection process like a commercial foundry? I look forward to seeing how this develops, Ed. Somehow ...

Forum topic - raph - 6 Dec 2005 - 4:29pm - 30 comments - 0 attachments

Type Thievery

... without written permission from the Shinn Type Foundry; this means (a) you may not make customized versions of the Fonts for ... OK if the client owns the font too. hhp I guess people got a bit I guess people got a bit ticked off by the unfortunate ...

Forum topic - novice - 25 Oct 2005 - 8:56am - 13 comments - 0 attachments

New Letterhead Fonts antipiracy font lockdown scheme

... A real shame since this will probably make a lot of people think twice about buying additional fonts once they see how it works the ... can't get rid of the damn things, all power to an Indie foundry for strutting its stuff. I don't think they're the first to use ...

Forum topic - zebrasystem - 8 Jan 2007 - 5:52pm - 245 comments - 0 attachments

"Boston" Numerals?

... like they're floating around a centerline. Some people (like me) think that hybrid numerals are the optimal style for ... at Phelps, Dalton & Co. (AKA Dickinson Foundry) at that time, and apparently he was a very bright fellow, so... ...

Forum topic - hrant - 6 Dec 2006 - 10:55am - 46 comments - 0 attachments

The Sloped Roman

... and by Dreyfus, and they are just gorgeous. The original foundry metal has great optical sizing, done by the punch cutter. Frank ... of differentiation. Certainly a subject treated by many people, but I can't recall a better examination of the topic than Hlavsa's -- ...

Forum topic - canus - 9 Dec 2006 - 9:11am - 19 comments - 0 attachments

FAQ Free Fonts

... to take advantage of the kindness and generosity of the people who designed them; it’s really bad for your karma. And you don’t ... Individual Fonts Lido by Storm Type Foundry . Modification of Times. Chucara and Romeral by Juan Pablo ...

Wiki - Miguel Sousa - 17 Dec 2011 - 12:34am - 0 comments

Typeface classification

... It's gonna be tough to get a straight answer out of people about this one. Categorizing fonts is one of those things that seems to ... answer. 1. By designer 2. By typeface name 3. By foundry 4. By date 5, By medium (eg digital/photo/metal/etc.) 6. ...

Forum topic - marc - 14 Mar 2005 - 8:01am - 44 comments - 0 attachments

20 most important type designers of all time

... common sense should be in order. How about limiting to people with an actual legacy. That would cut almost everyone out of the living ... one . Choz Cunningham !Exclamachine Type Foundry The Snark paula scher paula scher Isn’t Manfred ...

Forum topic - Brown Fox - 8 Jan 2007 - 10:25am - 72 comments - 0 attachments

Typography trends and predictions for 2007

... individual mono letters will be popular letting groups of people make graphic statements at will. People with vowels will be popular. ... back to reading materials again. I thank the Dutch Type Foundry -- I found them recently, and believe they have some of the cleanest ...

Forum topic - Sii Daniels - 31 Dec 2006 - 11:09am - 52 comments - 0 attachments

CharactersFontFoundry

Indices : Foundries : Characters Font Foundry Founded by ReneVerkaart in 2004, Characters Font Foundry is an independent Dutch type foundry, designing and selling high ...

Wiki - Characters - 14 May 2011 - 6:27am - 0 comments