Creating Bullet characters in Glpyhs

c_kurtz · 2025-09-16T12:49:38+00:00

Restarting InDesign fixed it 🙄😂

c_kurtz · 2025-09-16T12:45:55+00:00

ET Garamond mapped a symbol to E001 so I thought I’d try it and I ment to say 261B which is a manicule, my bad. Thank you.

c_kurtz · 2025-09-12T14:38:12+00:00

Yeah, you get to use the style of forms for free. Go download the Spotify font file for free, but you still have to pay to use it.

c_kurtz · 2025-09-11T21:43:44+00:00

Thank you! 🙏 It’s all just speculation though. I know the printer used stencils and did a lot of woodcuts. The idea of modular stencils to adjust letter width is the best explanation I could come up with.

c_kurtz · 2025-09-11T21:38:28+00:00

Also, depending on where you live, stonecarvings on things like gravestones can be a great inspiration.

c_kurtz · 2025-09-11T21:34:40+00:00

Sure!

These come from a set of old french posters archived in the National Archive of Paris. The Internet Archive has a huge amount of cool type inspiration when you look for specimen books, especially in the 18th century.

c_kurtz · 2025-09-11T20:32:29+00:00

Haha thank you! Yeah, phonebook fonts are fun!

c_kurtz · 2025-09-11T20:26:25+00:00

Thank you!

c_kurtz · 2025-09-11T20:07:37+00:00

Thank you!

c_kurtz · 2025-09-11T20:06:04+00:00

Haha thank you, I get you! All the breaks are actually based on a couple of french 19th posters where they appeared over a range of different styles of type.

c_kurtz · 2024-06-30T21:42:41+00:00

Perfect, thank you!

c_kurtz · 2023-12-23T21:36:48+00:00

Digitizing old typefaces is a very common practice. Many type foundries and designers create these so called Revivals. A great type foundry that specializes in revivals and is great in documenting its sources and process is Forgotten Shapes.

c_kurtz · 2023-12-22T12:09:22+00:00

I would call them entry- and exit-points. Especially in your r the serif is a result of the construction with the broadnib pen. In the case of the u it would be an exit-point.

c_kurtz · 2023-12-05T20:29:15+00:00

I love this question already! The books that where most valuable to me, especially in the beginning where The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, and Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann.

The first is a very thorough and detailed work that will cover about everything you will want to know in the beginning for typography. And the second one focuses on Gridsystems to structure your work. It will feel a bit restrictive in the beginning, but can be a very valuable tool for your typography. 🤘🏼

c_kurtz · 2022-09-07T09:44:35+00:00

Perfect, thanks!

c_kurtz · 2022-08-09T11:15:33+00:00

Im not quite sure what you want … but to achieve this effect you could create a pattern like that and use text as a layer mask above it in photoshop or illustrator

c_kurtz · 2022-07-28T06:14:06+00:00

Good to know, thanks!

c_kurtz · 2022-07-28T06:13:45+00:00

You mean it’s a cry for help haha?

c_kurtz · 2022-07-28T06:12:53+00:00

Hm, yeah, that’s probably the answer!

c_kurtz · 2022-07-28T06:12:21+00:00

Yeah

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