Questions tagged [font-design]
Questions about the creation of typefaces and storing them into font files.
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How to Modify a Font to Fixed Width in Fontlab
I use a text user interface application on a server that I access via a Terminal. I have been using the Futurist Fixed-width for some time on a Linux PC in Gnome-Terminal, and would like to use that ...
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Is there a simple way to fill in a grungy font to make it solid?
I'm looking to make the entire letter solid. I want to complete the grungy white space and fill it out with solid black. Is there a simple way to do this?
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Font Files Resolution and conversion from pdf
I have created a new font from a template I got from calligraphr.com. I am wondering firstly, what dpi I should save them at and secondly, if I can save them as a .pdf, then convert them to .fnt, .ttf,...
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The logic of kerning subtables
Referring to this thread: The logic of kerning classes, I considered various lookups of some fonts (Adobe Premiere, Minion, EBGaramond...) to understand better the way of build them and the relative ...
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The logic of kerning classes
I am a beginner with FontForge and I would like to know:
Whit is the best logic to create classes.
I mean: I have to kern, say, VA but Va too. Obviously, I have to kern a lot of other glyphs with a. ...
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Is it possible to convert OTF font to TTF font without losing quality. If yes how?
I need to convert OTF font to TTF font without losing quality. If it is possible how can I do it?
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Is it possible to have special style for special pattern in font (ttf)?
So I'm asking is it possible to have a special design for a special text pattern in a font (ttf)?
So what I mean, for example, is it possible to create a TrueType font which normally all text is ...
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What is the difference between a well constructed and a poorly constructed font?
I'm speaking of both, fonts optimised for print, and fonts optimised for screens. Serif and sans-serif doesn't matter. Commercial or free — also doesn't matter.
What matters is the quality of the ...
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Console not displaying ascii squares correctly
I have a 50 x 50 Ascii square (the shape) that I would like to have printed in a console window.
Here is a smaller version of what prints [square (10 x 10)]
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#........#
#........#
#...........
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How to Create Compound Characters Inside a Font
Wondering if it's possible to organize a font to have features such as combining characters.
Basically, I'm wondering if you can design a font in a modular way so that it can have these features:
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Are there typefaces designed to fit inside one another?
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If so what are the names of these typefaces?
What terms should I use to search for them?
My title was changed to use a term provided in a candidate answer below.
Layered Typeface.
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Why is there none of the lighter weights of Helvetica Rounded?
I know there are other options, just curious if anyone knew why the limited range.
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How to set an 'ignore' on a pattern for contextual substitution in FontForge
I'm working on coding a custom font in FontForge for some positional alternates of letters. I am not working with feature files for alternates, but using the FontForge interface for building lookups (...
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Is the PANOSE Classification Metrics system for fonts still relevant?
I am just starting out in type design and I am trying to learn as much as I can. I am trying to learn best practices so I do not develop bad habits. I have seen the PANOSE system mentioned in a few ...
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How to see all chars in a font from FontForge
I have a pfm/pfb font called Chanakya which I know contains characters outside the 0-255 range eg. (\u2022 has अ). I know this because I can programmatically display the character's code:-
But ...
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A good downscaling algorithm for bitmap fonts (text)
I have an idea, that I can have a font size like 16×32, then downscale it for various sizes. Unfortunately, a downscaling algorithm has to be picked, and bilinear leads to some inconsistency:
At the ...
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How to remove “wrinkles” on font?
I'm really new to graphic design, and I need some help with this font.
I like the way it behaves with my logo, and I want to use it. But there is a problem, I didn't like the way around the letters, ...
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Chinese Calligraphy in Photoshop
I want to create a brushstroke along a given path, that looks like it has been made with a Chinese calligraphy brush.
The exact effect that I'm going for is, that it starts kind of bold at the ...
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Design guidelines proportional pitched fonts
I searched the internet and a big local bookstore for a good resource on designing proportional pitched fonts.
I know there is no fixed rule-book on how the width of a specific glyph or ligature is ...
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Text field top spacing vs line height
How is the space at the top of a text field determined? I know it's dependent on the font, but what's the logic.
I can't see a clear relationship between the leading and this space at the top of a ...
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A strategy ITC Baskerville font for vector
With Adobe Illustrator to create my picture I use ITC New Baskerville Std or ITC New Baskerville with options, roman and italic. But the option bold exist?
Does anyone know if exist the same type of ...
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Can somebody please tell me what font this is? [closed]
Its very edited but I'm pretty sure each letter is easily identifiable. Help would be greatly appreciated.
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Do digital fonts have true optical sizes?
In metal type, the matrices were designed in different weights, sizes and styles.
Each single matrice was designed and cut individually to look right at the intended size (e.g. by thinning or ...
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Why don’t catchword fonts include indefinite articles?
I’m currently browsing through a plethora of catchword fonts1, trying to find a good fit for the title on a book cover.
Most of these catchword fonts contain many of the same words—some only in ...
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How to do knockout text effect in canva?
How to do knockout text effect in canva? I've tried to search for a tutorial in youtube but was unable to find anything.
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Failing to draw round circles in Fontforge
I'm using Fontforge to design a typeface, but I have a problem: I cannot draw round circles! :(
I click the circle tool, then draw the circle in the usual fashion (holding down Shift to get a circle, ...
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Automatically create bold-italic from italic font
Google Chrome has a nice feature - it can create bold-italic letters on the fly from italic letters (in case a font has italic style but does not have bold-italic). The result looks good enough: ...
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How do I create a font that automatically uses accents and removes duplicate letters?
I am working on a special font that has to follow some rules:
Two consecutive duplicate letters have to be removed. For example kk would become k.
Some letters are “accents” so for example when you ...
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What is the origin and the name of this style of the glyph “0”?
Unlike your usual methods of distinction like a dot or a slash in the center, or a narrower shape, this style uses horizontal stress. Good examples of it are the Academica, Turquoise fonts. I'm ...
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font-style: oblique as a substitute for italic, and vice versa
I have a hard time trying to understand font-style during investigation of transient bugs in a SVG→PNG converter) and comparing it against rendering in browsers. Common italic fonts don’t slant such ...
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A font with custom ligatures (for music)?
I want to make a custom music font that can be typed in Microsoft Word 2010, but I cannot get custom ligatures to work. In Word 2010, I have in Font > Advanced the Ligatures option set to 'All'. I ...
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Cap height and x-height metrics are inaccurate
I've got a font that says its cap height is 195 and x-height 320.
These are its metrics:
But when rendered in the browser at 100px font size, you can clearly see that the metrics don't apply. There ...
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The description and interpretations of TrueType font points and curves
A question was asked recently on another forum that made me rethink my understanding of vector formats. TrueType fonts are in a vector format and - I had previously thought - that if a vector editor ...
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Where can I create and publish a font?
I appreciate good and professional typefaces, but always think that I can improve or customize them for my needs. But where can I design and possibly publish my fonts online?
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DAVID JONES logo. Serif or Slab-serif?
I'm trying to accurately work out the font category for the "DAVID JONES" logo.
Would it be considered a Serif or Slab-serif font and why? Thanks:)
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OpenType Font Based On Lines Instead On Shapes
Does the OpenType format support letters which not consist of closed shapes but only line segmets? E.g. the capital I might consist of two horizontal and one vertical lines.
So if I want to use such ...
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Is it possible to create a font that is in a book?
I want to know if it is possible to create a font that replicates the font of a book.
For example, If I want to use the font that is used in the following Image:
Link to full PDF
Is it possible to ...
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Helvetica: trailing leg in lowercase “a”
Why sometimes I find Helvetica with the letter "a" with the right leg straight and other times I find it with the right leg turned to the right:
Letter "a" with right leg straight:
Letter "a" with ...
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What's the term of what I need to fix here - Umlaut dots missing at 80% zoom?
In my font, the Umlaut character is broken when viewing at 80% zoom in Word. It displays like U but is in fact Ü:
I'm now looking for the correct term of what needs to be fixed. First I thought ...
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FontForge scripting “Insert Text Outlines…” dialog
I'm a Python developer dabbling in font creation for the first time as a side hobby using FontForge 2017-07-31 over XQuartz 2.7.11 on MacOS 10.12.6
My goal is to create a series of novelty font, in ...
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How to create a custom font with multi-part glyphs?
I'm attempting to create a custom font using FontForge. I'm using Illustrator to generate the paths. Unfortunately, my knowledge is with Photoshop, not Illustrator. While I've been able to create the ...
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Type Design: Background and guidelines for designing the Umlaute (ä Ä, ü Ü, ö Ö) of a serif typeface
I am working on the editorial design of a book and Lucas Bihan of Bretagne
Type Foundry was kind enough to give me access to a trial version of his serif typeface »Self Modern«, which I am now using ...
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Does anyone know what happened to moorstation.org? the 90s type foundry
Does anyone know what the status is of moorstation.org's type collection? There were probably hundreds of typefaces designed in the 90s on that site. It's been down for at least a month (HTTP Error ...
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What methods exist for determining if a font is similar or derivative work?
I've always assumed that the vector outlines contained in a font file are essentially mathematical formulas describing each of those shapes; and that no matter how similar two fonts might appear, the ...
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How to turn a bezier curve into a shape?
Forgive me, I'm rather new to Graphic design. I'm currently making a font (in inkscape), and have been drawing the characters using bezier curves. An example can be seen below.
However, when I try to ...
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Creating final forms with FontForge
I am working on a handwritten cursive font (latin character set) using FontForge, and wish to have glyph variants for a few characters (s, p, ...) at the end of a word, so that there is no spurious ...
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How to reduce the vertical bounding box of a font?
I just extracted Twitter's iconography glyph font (before the new redesign) to also keep it in history (because I also much love it than the new one imho) and also study and use it on my Twitter UX ...
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Adjusting font alignment and size
I'm in the middle of picking a font for a rather sizeable project, and we've largely landed on Migrena Grotesque. Unfortunately, the alignment of this font seems to be a lot lower, and the general ...
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What are the general rules for heights/widths of punctuation marks when designing a font?
I've been getting into font design recently, and I'm pretty clear on the various widths and heights for the letters, but I realized I'm at a loss when it comes to punctuation. I can kind of guess that ...
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Name for letter j with 'tick' on the right hand side
I was reading some articles on jacobinmag.com and I noticed that their letter j has a sort of tick or tail on the right hand side at the base. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this tick is ...
