No one expects the QuickDraw GX inquisition. #MARCHintosh

@billgoats There was a great QuickDraw GX font called Jam I used to love - a sort of worn typewriter effect.

I think I converted it into a plain TrueType font using Fontographer or one of the dev tools at the time, but even if I did, the only backup is on a Zip disk, and I’ve no Zip drive.

There’s now an exciting quest that lies ahead of me in terms of tracking down lots of obscure software and emulators - the grand prize being, in retrospect, what transpires to be a rather mundane font. 🤔

@middaparka @billgoats Jam was designed by Erik van Blokland (@letterror) and was known for its implementation of GX variations. It currently lives on in the form of the variable typeface “Neither Confirm Nor Deny”.

https://letterror.com/ncnd/

LTR NCND: Neither Confirm Nor Deny! A smoothly interpolating, textured variable font. at LettError.com

A smoothly interpolating textures variable font

@middaparka @billgoats A bit more backstory on the NCND FAQ page:

https://letterror.com/ncnd/faq.html

LTR NCND: Neither Confirm Nor Deny! Frequently Asked Questions. at LettError.com

A smoothly interpolating textured variable font

@splorp @middaparka @billgoats I think I have a copy of Jam somewhere if you want. GX was great and way ahead of anything else at the time. It did some things that even the current variable fonts can’t reach.

@letterror That would be amazing. Otherwise, I fear I’ll have to find a means of reading this bad-boy, if indeed it’s not succumbed to bitrot.

Damn, seeing it again in that Vimeo video takes me back.

NCND looks stunning as well. 🙌

@middaparka @letterror A Zip disk — in all its original prenatal cocoon!!