Graeme Swank

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I always get confused about this

The /dcaron (ď) and /lcaron (ľ) should be spaced...

(in other words should the caron be part of the glyph spacing, or should it hang off the side past the RSB? Both methods have implications for kerning... either you're kerning things away from the caron, or under it)

Without regard for Caron (i.e. same wd as base)
26.3%
With regard for Caron (i.e. more space on RSB)
73.7%
Poll ended at .
It tickles me, when listening to a sports podcast about a team tanking, the host says,”this team f***ing stinks.” Dropping an f-bomb, but cleaning it up on the back end 😂

I am excited to announce the all new Type Foundry Directory!

https://typefoundry.directory

Hello type foundry friends and fellow type enthusiasts!

If anyone is considering attending @typecon but the costs are adding up quickly, we in the Monotype Foundry Program want to help by giving you a 50% discount code for your conference ticket.

No strings attached; we just want more people at the conference who are excited about type and the 25th anniversary of the conference.

DM me and I will share the code with you.

I’ve just written and published my first blog post in... years (not counting the release article for Name Sans).

RoboFont vs Glyphs, and why I use both:

https://blog.arrowtype.com/robofont-vs-glyphs/

RoboFont vs Glyphs, and why I use both

How and when I use RoboFont vs Glyphs for type design

The ArrowType Blog
I had the great pleasure to chat with the Connecticut Art Director’s Club about my atypical path to becoming a type designer and type design more generally. https://aswecreate.libsyn.com/site/graeme-swank. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed the conversation!
AS WE CREATE: Graeme Swank

path to the creative world was anything but straight, but now he knows he’s where he's supposed to be. We talk about his time at - both as a student and faculty - as well as current projects he’s working on with and .

Came across this typographic oddity in what I believe is a first edition of “The Old Man and the Sea”: