Hey, just published a new font on MyFonts and just wanted to share. Let me know if this is the wrong place to do this, given its commercial. Although to be commercial it'd need to sell a copy, so for now it's a hobby that people could, theoretically, buy. I was really happy with it and the promo images, seems I'm completely insecure and need some kind of acknowledgement. #pathetic #blessed hahaha

https://preview.redd.it/roiqtkd7l64e1.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=webp&s=47ecb86001f4b968a43aebd3ee5c2260687080aa

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First font work in progress. Thoughts, ideas to improve? I know the spacing isn‘t ideal. :-D

I'm starting to build out my Bluesky account, any recommendations for companies or individuals that have good design (and hopefully typeface design) content?

Hello guys! I am a final year design student, and I'll be giving my interview for a type foundry in a few days, I'm nervous and I don't know anyone who is a type designer. I was hoping people in the Reddit community could help me figure out how to prepare for it and what questions are asked.

I hate working off of just one screen with my laptop.

Anyone have a good rec for a monitor that won't break the bank?

Lexica Ultralegible is a modern typeface designed specifically to enhance readability for low-vision readers by increasing character recognition with unique letter shapes. Building on the foundation of the Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface, we have improved it with more features.

https://preview.redd.it/bwa7qcsz02vd1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43fff8c5105e246a66924a8c300cbcead567aa6d

We aim to continue the mission of the original typeface by maintaining the core values of legibility and readability while introducing a fresh identity. By honoring the original design while evolving its character, Lexica Ultralegible stands as a testament to the importance of accessibility in typography.

• Four Fonts: Includes regular, italic, bold, and bold italic weights.
• Expanded Glyph Set: An additional 222 glyphs, supporting 102 languages and 340 orthographies based on Hyperglot analysis.
• Massive Glyph Count: A total of 2,356 glyphs across all fonts, with 589 glyphs per font.
• Improved Kerning: Optimized kerning for visual harmony, ensuring smoother text flow and better readability.
• Ligatures and Alternatives: Includes standard ligatures (fi, ff, ffi, fl, ffl) and an alternative reversed number zero (0) for enhanced distinction.
• Accessibility-Focused: Designed to improve legibility for low-vision readers, while still maintaining aesthetic versatility.

Links

• GitHub Repository: github.com/jacobxperez/lexica-ultralegible
• Presentation Website: jacobxperez.github.io/lexica-ultralegible/
• Download Font: jacobxperez/lexica-ultralegible/archive/refs/heads/release.zip

Get Involved

• Try it out! Download the font, test it, and let me know your thoughts.
• Spread the word by sharing this typeface with designers, developers, and accessibility advocates.
• Contribute on GitHub: If you’re into typography or accessibility, feel free to contribute to the project or suggest improvements.

Thanks for checking it out, and I hope you find Lexica Ultralegible as useful as I do! 💬 I’m happy to answer any questions or receive feedback.

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I am working on a Latin/Arabic font on FontLab8. The latin glyphs are not showing when typing using the exported OTF file.

I started by using MS Windows 1256 Arabic glyphs set, and added the .init .medi .fina glyphs along the way. The OpenType features are working properly for Arabic, but Latin characters seem to not be registering when typing on Adobe Illustrator/inDesign for example.

I made sure that the Codepages is for Latin and Arabic, the language system the font supports is Latin and Arabic, and that all unicodes are correct.

Does anyone know what I could do? this is my first time working on a multi-script font.

Thank you.

Years ago I discovered this font "Justinian" (https://www.iconian.com/fontimages/just.gif) by Iconian fonts; the second version has a dot in the place of empty space.

Now, I'm making a font with same feature but when I try it on Microsoft Word it shows the dot at the end of every line and in the void line between paragraphs.

Justinian II has the same behaviour.

https://preview.redd.it/wj0svf58spsd1.png?width=323&format=png&auto=webp&s=12f12fbbd352ea797df099dc8a5a5d0e3d7d949f

Is there a way to have the dot (or any character in general) in the space but without it being shown elsewhere? (I tried it only on MS Word, don't know if it behaves in this way also on other software)

I'm using Fontbird, but I don't think it makes any difference since Justinian came out more than 20 years ago.

I'm making a webapp which needs to display numbers centered in a box. I've run into an issue that I've tried a few solutions to. Most of the fonts I've tried the 1 has appeared offset to the right (even now). While a monospace font would solve this, it doesn't fit the look so I'd like to find a font where the numbers are centered about their apparent visual center. Tahoma does a decent job with the 1 as far as I could tell, but it had issues with the vertical alignment, being lower than center. Any help would be appreciated.

I can't speak regarding other font making software since I've only used FontCreator and then tried out Fontlab, which I loved. I think it's got to do a lot with how I make my fonts, which is using illustrator and then I just paste the vectors into FontLab, which it immediately recognizes and editing them is so easy. basically it has the same commands and key shortcuts as illustrator, that's why I love it so much, and it's super intuitive. Also, making ligatures, kerning pairs, setting up transformation values, italics, and other opentype features has never been easier for me. Usually hell on FontCreator. People complain that it's really buggy but to be honest, in this font I am working on now for the past two weeks, I've had like 2 or 3 bugs only. For the other 3 fonts I've worked on... none. What are your thoughts? I use windows, btw.

Here’s some useful content for learning and continuing practice.

**History of Latin Alphabet**

*Excellent for understanding why letterforms are constructed the way they are.*

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcNA74tz9QNL45RbC3iKtcQKXg1bi_EAE&si=px9xv7MlKEmda-8t

**The Stroke: Theory of Writing by Gerrit Noordzij**

*It’s free on the Internet Archive, but it’s in Spanish - so you‘ll have to translate it. However, it’s not very long and you can see what he’s trying to say even with the illustrations.*

https://archive.org/details/ElTrazoTeoriaDeLaEscrituraGerritNoordzij

**Hand Lettering: Sketching Type**

*A short but sweet video on sketching type inspired by Gerrit Noordzij.*

https://youtu.be/hkjpa5BMITg?si=haCfvff9IFJnbcGt

**The Golden Secrets of Lettering by Martina Flor**

*Great free book on the Internet Archive for insight into hand lettering which has crossing processes for type designers.*

https://archive.org/details/goldensecretsofl0000flor

**Optical Compensation by Lynne Yun**

*Such important and fundamental knowledge that you need to be aware of.*

https://youtu.be/NSwEe-vMfP4?si=rfNtNXEu31vG_yRA

**Type Design Class**

*Amazing insights on their Instagram posts - be sure to follow and scroll to the bottom. They also host good classes too.*

https://www.instagram.com/typedesignclass?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

That’s it for now, I will post more if I find any. I hope someone finds this useful.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a type designer portfolio template for a while. I’ve designed an affordable Framer template that type designers can use to showcase their typefaces. Previously, I worked on a more detailed project for typografische.com, and I’ve taken a similar approach with this template. You can check out the demo at https://typefoundry.framer.website I think you’ll find it interesting.

For a limited time, the template is 15% off. You can purchase it using this code: "G5NZEXOQ"

https://preview.redd.it/fuufi0hxatld1.png?width=2800&format=png&auto=webp&s=083e57611dd7c8bf72b67f185ca84a363c55fe66

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.

what have been your pains regarding type designing lately? from what i can see around, it seems that type designers pains generally revolve around marketing and the greedy marketplaces.

Hi all, I am trying to figure out which font this could be, especially the numbers, does anyone have an idea? https://flickr.com/photos/blacksapphire/1361915984/in/album-72157601953944525

Hi type folks. After months of kindling my interest for type design and gathering ressources and knowledge before getting started, I finally got to drawing my first glyphs on paper, and am so thrilled about the process. I have made first drafts for m, n, h, c, o, l, i and a on tracing paper, but i would like now to start combining and resizing them to see how they interact. So I was wondering when one should usually start vectorizing early sketches ? How many glyphs and in what state should they be before it’s considered smart to digitize them ? Should I make cleaner inked versions first, or is it common practice to digitize rather rough pencil sketchs ? Or should i keep to paper for now, create new letters and manually draw new test strings ?

Hi there Community,

I’m currently desperately looking for a typeface I’m (obviously) not finding (see screenshot attached). I thought it would be Poppins b/c it also is the main typeface used by the company – but it’s not. I don’t think it’s a special typeface but I’m just unable to find it.

Any help is very much appreciated!!

What typeface is that?

Hello everyone, so usually I'm not reading books and never finished one, so I'm talking from my own perspective.

I will mention, I'm not a native English speaker.

I saw alot of recommendations of this book "The Elements of Typography Style", but for some reason it was very hard for me to understand even tho I only read the first 20 pages, I was reading and don't understanding alot of information there, I had to translate everytime.

do you think this book is heavy for first time? or should I stick to it and translate everything I doesn't understand and keep reading it.

Does someone know this font ? Thank you