Monthly Archives: July 2011

This blog post is a re-publication of an original article by Dave Crossland, submitted to Libre Graphics Magazine for Issue #0. “Why make new fonts?” is the most common question I am asked since I set off to become a typeface designer. When I mention I did a Masters degree in the subject, at the [...]

This blog post is a re-publication of an original article by Dave Crossland, submitted to Libre Graphics Magazine for Volume 1 Issue #2. Copyleft has a scary reputation among business people who do not yet understand it. Copyright is about what restrictions and freedoms you have to use and redistribute a work. Copyleft is a [...]

This blog post is a re-publication of an original article by Dave Crossland, submitted to Libre Graphics Magazine for Volume 1 Issue #1. Fonts are essential to the design of every web page, and true web fonts are about to bring the typographic sophistication of print to the web in force. It’s taken a while. [...]

Lila Pagola writes on the UF Argentina 2011 mailing list: ¿cómo están, en el post-understanding fonts? Algunos de ustedes ya saben, pero varios creo que no y este es un lugar importante para contarles (y contar con uds!) Hemos iniciado hace pocos días nomás, la lista Gráfica libre argentina: https://listas.usla.org.ar/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grafica-libre gracias a los amigos de [...]

Today we publish a simple font testing tool – using Firefox 4+, drag and drop a font file from your desktop into the browser and see how it renders at various sizes! http://understandingfonts.com/2011/fonttest/ This is a remix of Ryan Seddon’s excellent font dragr (published as libre software under the MIT License.)

I often recommend a few books about typography, typeface design and font engineering during my workshops and lectures. Here are these lists: Type Design: While You’re Reading – Unger, Gerard. Mark Batty, 2007 Counterpunch: Making Type in the Sixteenth Century, Designing Typefaces Now – Smeijers, Fred. Hyphen Press, 1996 Anatomy of a Typeface – Lawson, [...]