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Would you want this for free?

... and reflects the years you've put in learning to draw type, and your talent. I don't know why, but I have an uneasy feeling that ... Pele (Fontsmith) So what if your folio has something different in it, that's a good thing. Shows how flexible you can be when the ...

Forum topic - kris - 16 Jun 2007 - 9:02pm - 36 comments - 0 attachments

Univers

... in 1956 and released by the Deberny & Peignot type foundry in 1957. It is a neo-grotesque sans serif; it features optically ... system as opposed to using names. Today there are over 27 different variations of Univers available. Univers is an extremely diverse ...

Wiki - negativespace - 9 Feb 2012 - 11:53am - 0 comments

Time for a website for free font development?

... independent foundries. Note that this philosophy is fairly different that of many free software proponents, the most radical of whom ... this seems to happening to some degree allready with type design. Sometimes it is through 'kudos', people starting out can make a ...

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

Type Thievery

... adaptations without written permission from the Shinn Type Foundry; this means (a) you may not make customized versions of the ... and 'appropriation'. If you make something completely different out of something old, does it really matter how you got there? Or ...

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

Magazine Redesign / Switching to a Sans-Serif

... FTF Stella was originally designed as a body type for a magazine. I wouldn't say it has a very unique personality, but it's ... Carl's Beorcana is a knockout also, but quite a different flavor. William, You beat me to the William, You beat me to ...

Forum topic - TwoTwoFour - 4 Oct 2006 - 8:25am - 37 comments - 0 attachments

New Letterhead Fonts antipiracy font lockdown scheme

... I use, who still won't get Quark 7, doesn't do Open Type - so to hand my work over to a professional - would be difficult. Would ... to EULAs for typefaces that you purchase? Going in a different Going in a different direction here from the previous comments. ...

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

Miso

... and Bold=96. The weights are good because they're different enough to make a clear difference in use. In a text setting the ... same strokes and only vary the thickness (this is the way type works in many CAD-programs) which means the baseline is higher in "light" ...

Forum topic - mårten - 9 Jan 2006 - 12:40pm - 29 comments - 1 attachment

"Boston" Numerals?

... suggestion - but it seems that you're now on to different things? (I'd be afraid in any case that people translated ... people, since there is already a Scotch classification of type, many examples of which do not include this kind of figure. I ...

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

Typographic Tattoos??

... Ink can spread slightly under your skin over time, and different parts of your arm may be liable to spread at different rates ... too funny. Skin trapping. Sounds like something a cannibal type designer would do. BTW, Tony di Pietro also has a type tatoo he's ...

Forum topic - Hildebrant - 4 Sep 2003 - 7:14pm - 106 comments - 0 attachments

Jackie T Logo Design

... T, and I started playing with this sort of retro custom type for it, and I'd like to hear comments and how can I make this better. ... "i" issue be just because it's on the first place a very different letter than all the other round ones in the logo? If not what do you ...

Forum topic - rosaiani - 2 Apr 2007 - 7:37am - 40 comments - 1 attachment