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Would you want this for free?

... A good friend suggested that I should finish up the basic character set and give it away free. I am happy to do this, but wonder if anyone would ...

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

New Letterhead Fonts antipiracy font lockdown scheme

... is these days, but I remember a few years ago that was not set by default, and clients usually do not know or bother to change it. If this ... points ;-) But to me the reply just seems out of character as a response to a polite inquiry - but if that's the "form letter" ...

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

The MODERN BLACKLETTER

... OK, you won't find an advertisement for a new notebook set in Fraktur ;), but a lot old-style restaurants, streetnames set in fraktur, ... in some Antiqua fonts, it was not a special Blackletter character. But still long gone those times... On these logos you can ...

Forum topic - Hannah - 26 May 2006 - 9:52pm - 68 comments - 0 attachments

Random feature

... a random feature in a typeface I'm working on. Every character has four alternates and I like the fontsoftware to choose between ... The OT code looks something like this: @random_set_1 = [a d g j l m n o c]; @random_set_2 = [k e i n p q t v z]; @letter = ...

Forum topic - Pieter van Rosmalen - 10 Jan 2006 - 3:35am - 20 comments - 0 attachments

The Sloped Roman

... fonts that were loaded at the same time, have the same character widths. This is perhaps why Optima had a sloped roman italic. Given ... Bastarda. In the end, the script couldn't be easily set with the roman, and the sloped roman didn't look that good. So I don't ...

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

FAQ Free Fonts

... by Victor Gaultney . Multilingual font with extended character set. Anonymous by Mark Simonson . Monospace. Type Mix I by ...

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

Your favourite sans for setting body text

Any favoured sans you find set nicely at body text size? I have many, but these are I have many, ... favorites: FF Balance - This has so much character merely because the stress is horizontal rather than vertical. Looks ... above. John Sans would be fun to play with, so much character! Kris. Mundo looks nice. Fonts.com Mundo looks nice. ...

Forum topic - Christian Teniswood - 3 Jan 2006 - 6:37am - 21 comments - 0 attachments

Typeface classification

... keywords and categories to describe it. Deciding upon the set of potential keywords is the next hard problem, but that's an exercise ... letter architecture contribute equally to the distinctive character of the font, but in any classification scheme you'd be forced to ...

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

Famous Quotes from Type Designers

... in 1936 recieved a handlettered certificate of excellence set in a heavily letterspaced uppercase blackletter, those were the words he ... and corrupt convention whose chief & most conspicuous character is its monumental witness to the conservatism, laziness and ...

Forum topic - Miss Tiffany - 5 Jul 2005 - 3:47pm - 142 comments - 0 attachments

A Caslon to call home?

... I'm looking for a Caslon that is thick, robust, has a full set of ligatures and obviously, osf/sc faces. John, thanks for your ... ITC Caslon no. 224? It has, in my opinion, quite a quirky character. Typequake: I work with alot Typequake: I work with alot ...

Forum topic - Palatine - 23 Jun 2006 - 5:28pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments