dan 💾3d ago
No one expects the QuickDraw GX inquisition. #MARCHintosh
Show threadJohn Parker3d ago

@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. 🤔

Show threadGrant Hutchinson3d ago

@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

Show threadAxel

@splorp @middaparka @billgoats @letterror

I have always known this font as “Trixie”, and this article seems to confirm that.

https://eyemagazine.com/blog/post/variable-grunge

or is “Jam” part of the ‘corporate machinations’?

Eye Magazine | Blog | Variable grunge

Eye Magazine
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Show threadErik12h ago
@axel @splorp @middaparka @billgoats Trixie was first. Then I made Jam for an Apple workshop with their GX tools (around 1993). This needed new outlines and a different name as Apple wanted to include it with their developers tools. FontShop then sold Trixie for many years. Then when Monotype bought FontShop in 2014 they also acquired the trademark. When I could finally terminate the contract in 2023, Monotype offered to sell the trademark back at an incredibly inflated rate. Which I could not afford. So now it is called “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” as that is the official answer to the question “is this Trixie”.
Show threadAxel11h ago

@letterror @splorp @middaparka @billgoats

Thanks for responding personally Erik!