OpenType
Using OpenType on the Web
With Ampersand less than a week away, it’ll be no time before we begin to see type looking a little better on the web. Designers making smarter use of webfonts gets us a long way, but a persistent hurdle to harnessing web typography’s potential has been browser support. Back in April, one development we cheered [...]
Read moreFiguring Out Numerals – The Sequel
In this sequel to “Figuring Out Numerals” we look at some special cases.
Read moreFiguring Out Numerals
In this first instalment of our examination of numerals we look at the different figure sets available in OpenType fonts.
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OpenType in Adobe Creative Suite
The Raiders of The Lost Glyphs Pt. 1
This first tutorial looks at the Glyphs window in Adobe CS, and which OpenType functions can be accessed through the Character window.
Read moreUpcoming Typography Basics On The FontFeed
Short announcement for the TYPO Berlin week and the upcoming Typography Basics.
Read moreFiguring It Out: OSF, LF, and TF Explained
Numerals (or figures) can take various forms. The figure style you choose ought to be appropriate to the project you are working on. Readability is key. But which style is best for which purpose? There are two main forms, oldstyle figures (OSF) and lining figures (LF). Each can come in tabular and proportional widths. See [...]
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