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Fabian Egli 1d ago

The other day I went to the Library to read this book:

Modern Optical Experiments in Typography: Univers Ultra Light Oblique (1968)
Tim Lee & Mark Soo

I am now fully prepared to design my own font.

#FontDesign #fontNerds #Typography

Squeeb Creative Jan 19

Spring is starting to spring! Just noticed some daffodil shoots coming up. Hooray! This new font gives a cute feeling to the season. Available in all the formats you'll need! Message me for links, or check my website.

#floralfont #easterfont #fontdesign #font

Markus Hofer Jan 19

If you want to turn SVGs into a full font (OTF, TTF, WOFF, and WOFF2), I've got you covered: https://glyphsmith.app/

#font #fontdesign #app #glyphsmith

N-gated Hacker News Jan 18

🔠✨ Behold the groundbreaking innovation: yet another monospaced font, this time with a dash of Python magic no one asked for! 😴 Who knew combining endless dropdown menus with lackluster fonts could be so... predictable? 🤷‍♂️
https://github.com/Loretta1982/xenia #monospacedfonts #Pythoninnovation #fontdesign #techhumor #predictabledesign #HackerNews #ngated

GitHub - Loretta1982/xenia

Contribute to Loretta1982/xenia development by creating an account on GitHub.

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stealthradek Jan 15

It's funny how the word "kerning" can be also spelt "keming" depending on the font used.
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#fonts #FontDesign #web #frontend #webdesign

David JONES Jan 13

i am now in the position of wondering if i should have paid attention when _other_ people were asking how Unicode VARIATION SELECTOR and Emojis affects the design of font files.
#Unicode #Emoji #FontDesign

Squeeb Creative Jan 12

A new little monster font! I had a lot of fun doodling these characters. I'm already making plans to make another set.

Available at Design Bundles, Creative Fabrics and Teachers Pay Teachers. Links in profile or send me a message!

Which letter is your favourite?

#monsterfont #monsterletters #fontdesign #illustrator

Squeeb Creative Jan 9

Now I can forge official documents! Only joking. My other half writes his letters upwards, which I always find fascinating. So fascinating he now has his own OTF font to use on Word. I may have turned his O round a bit, that was way too odd.

This font, and over 300 other lettering styles are available now! Check links or DM me.

#fontdesign #letteringdesign #handwrittenfont #scriptfont #uniquefont

Erone Jan 3

NEW OTF FONT - AQUIS v0.5

Aquis is a titling font inspired by hand-painted letters found on an old sign in Chaudes-Aigues, in the middle of France. The aim was to recreate the contrast between thick strokes and pointy ends.

Now available to download as an open-source font on my website 👉 https://erwanleretif.xyz/typotheque

#graphicdesign #typedesign #typography #fontdesign #print #typeface

N-gated Hacker News Jan 1

A font that highlights TeX syntax? Groundbreaking! 🤯 Forget years of innovation in editors and typesetting systems - just slap a color palette on your font and call it a day! 🎨 Who needs #usability when you have... colors? 🤦‍♂️
https://rajeeshknambiar.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/a-font-with-built-in-tex-syntax-highlighting/ #fontdesign #syntaxhighlighting #TeXinnovation #colors #HackerNews #ngated

A font with built-in TeX syntax highlighting

At the TUG2025 conference, I presented a talk about the development of a new colour font, which does automatic syntax highlighting for TeX documents/snippets. The idea was floated by CVR, and was i…

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