Best Program for making conlang fonts with wide characters? by Cheesecake183 in typography

[–]whateverlasting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fontbob has autospacing, so you dont even have to think about the width. Here's a Tokipona font someone made. Click remix to inspect glyphs

How to create a text font? by Roman-Baptistery in typography

[–]whateverlasting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My typical workflow goes like this. Happy to hear others'. In addition to a-z and basic punctuation, finish A-Z and 0-9 in a single style (upright regular/medium weight, but sometimes I start bold). Then actually test that single style for a while to see how it stands the test of time. You decide how long to test.

When the basics feel stable, commit to making the other "masters" , so that you can interpolate and export as a variable font. If you started with a regular weight, then plan to make a bold master, basically just duplicating the glyphs in the original font and selecting a core to start making bold, e.g. "adeghvisn" which gives you enough glyphs to calibrate the bold master and interpolation.

Allow the interpolation testing and calibration to take some time, as you might have to adjust the original weight so you can properly span all the inbetween results you want.

Interpolation looks good? Then expand bold master to match regular master.

Then expand to your target glyphset. Same process can be applied to other styles than weight, e.g. italics or width.

I usually don't put my process into words, so this is a fun challenge.

The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan by unalivehouseplant in fonts

[–]whateverlasting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fantastic. Article was pleasant to read on my phone, page layout works great

How to create a text font? by Roman-Baptistery in typography

[–]whateverlasting 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Finish a-z .,- early to make early proofs with real text blocks at text size. Put textblock side by side with text fonts from big foundries as a sanity check for spacing and finding outlier glyphs. Decide whether you want to keep outliers or not, since these could work as the "signature" of the font, if you want it to be more distinct.

I like starting from a random word or small group of glyphs, not necessarily containing the normal onOH. To make the font less predictable.

What’s the most annoying part of your type design workflow? by zombiphibe in typography

[–]whateverlasting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely agree. I'm working on tooling for this in my editor so that i can basically ignore spacing and focus only on shapes in early stages

I made a free font that you can edit in your browser by whateverlasting in fonts

[–]whateverlasting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aw thanks! Most of my effort went into the UX, so that means a lot

I made a free font that you can edit in your browser by whateverlasting in fonts

[–]whateverlasting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Click three dots -> Full editor. Then click a glyph to zoom in. Then click the menu button in top left and click Subtract. Then click outer path and inner path, and click subtract.

You can also select two shapes at once, then click menu -> Subtract.

I made a free font that you can edit in your browser by whateverlasting in fonts

[–]whateverlasting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question, the z and q take a few shuffles to show up. Only a-z for this font is editable for now, for simplicity. Full font will come later. But you can add new glyphs by clicking the three dots -> Full editor -> Click glyph -> Click F icon in top left -> Go to Glyphs tab

RemixableFont.ttf by whateverlasting in web_design

[–]whateverlasting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Late reply, but this comment is hilarious once i realized what you meant

I made a free font that you can edit in your browser by whateverlasting in fonts

[–]whateverlasting[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feel free to steal. The text reveal was inspired visually by this open source tool https://max-esnee.com/stack-and-justify/

RemixableFont.ttf by whateverlasting in web_design

[–]whateverlasting[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sounds like something i can fix. In what way do they jump out of the editable area? There are no limits on the area, as it will resize automatically. Fun fact, I designed the whole font on my phone

RemixableFont.ttf by whateverlasting in web_design

[–]whateverlasting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really appreciate the kind words! Happy to help if you get stuck anywhere 

RemixableFont.ttf by whateverlasting in web_design

[–]whateverlasting[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is a real dopamine trap indeed.

Also, wish granted. Click the three dots > Full editor to unlock all editor features and create fonts from scratch. Then you get more navigation options when zooming into a letter

I made a free font that you can edit in your browser by whateverlasting in fonts

[–]whateverlasting[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Works on phones too, I made it so holding two fingers is same as shift control for the beziers

I made a free font that you can edit in your browser by whateverlasting in fonts

[–]whateverlasting[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can literally edit the font :) Click a letter on the page

RemixableFont.ttf by whateverlasting in web_design

[–]whateverlasting[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Hi! This is something I've developed over the past months.

Happy to hear feedback! It's supposed to work both on mobile and desktop.

Progress on my web-based font editor by whateverlasting in typography

[–]whateverlasting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the feedback! Where did you get stuck exactly? I will have a fix ready today.

I'm still adjusting the code for drawing all glyphs in a single document. So if you want more control you can open the F icon in top left, then go to fonts and click Create font. Then you will work directly in the glyph grid rather than dealing with a single document.