Justin Penner

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Fonts etc.

🍃 TalkingLeaves is now available for @glyphsapp! Explore the world’s languages and writing systems, and see what your font is missing!

It’s free and open-source, so please contribute any ideas or bug reports.

Get it @ https://github.com/justinpenner/TalkingLeaves

GitHub - justinpenner/TalkingLeaves: A GlyphsApp plugin to help you explore the world’s languages and writing systems

A GlyphsApp plugin to help you explore the world’s languages and writing systems - justinpenner/TalkingLeaves

GitHub

Good to see there's some interest!

This is a simple, working proof-of-concept, but there's really not much left to do before I can release a v0.1. Stay tuned (it will be FOSS).

Building a @glyphsapp plugin that lists languages your font doesn’t support yet. Add missing glyphs for any language in a click!

I’ve been imagining a tool like this ever since @rosetta published their Hyperglot Python library, which powers this tool.

🔎 We have soft-launched Hyperglot v2 today. To be properly announced next week, but here you go. Don’t tell anyone. :)

https://hyperglot.rosettatype.com

Thanks to everyone who tested it and provided feedback.

Hyperglot: a database and tools for detecting language support in fonts

Preview characters needed to write in the world’s languages. Find which languages and how many speakers your font supports. The database covers over 640 languages.

New website for my typography and design work.

https://justinpenner.ca/
Justin Penner

The typography and design studio of Justin Penner.

I know everybody in here uses glyphs or is a fontforge old dog but in the case anyone uses fontlab I'm in need of tutorials and shortcuts for a better workflow

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أحْرُف وكَلِمَاتْ وقِصَصْ A Multi-Script Type Design Program

Imagining a playground for collective archiving, researching and letter-making.

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✨Collective #756
at @codrops
Feat.: CSS Nesting @argyleink* Modern Font Stacks @danklammer * Type Design Resources @justinpenner * Shiny Button @alexwidua * Unplugin @unjsio
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https://tympanus.net/codrops/collective/collective-756/

Web Design & Development News: Collective #756

CSS Nesting * Modern Font Stacks * Type Design Resources * Shiny Button * Unplugin

Codrops

Looking to start a type foundry? I just added a new collection of articles and resources on what it's like to run a foundry.

https://typedesignresources.com/#running-a-type-foundry

Thanks to @typographica, @ohno, @benkiel, @jesseragan, @badson, and many more for making these great resources!

Type Design Resources

Everything from learning the basics to running your own foundry.