ComputedType

@christoph_knoth tweets when computers type

[William Candillon @wcandillon]

Introducing Project Redraw, a new grade of 2d primitives for Web & Native

[Ev @evvaaannnn]

I used Hermes and Kimi to build an agentic workflow for creating custom typefaces. @NousResearch @Kimi_Moonshot

A visual interface works alongside Hermes chat to facilitate collaboration between agent and designer. The designer provides two hand-drawn sample glyphs, which Hermes uses to generate the full typeface in the target style, requesting feedback along the way.

[www @w__h_]

type design is being invented from scratch

[Eric Lengyel @EricLengyel]

New blog post: A Decade of Slug
This talks about the evolution of the Slug font rendering algorithm, and it includes an exciting announcement: The patent has been dedicated to the public domain.
https://t.co/xWEz0q2c4N

[Eli אליהו إلياس @eliheuer]

Runebender Xilem is getting close to version 1.0 and being fully usable for making variable fonts.

[Eli אליהו إلياس @eliheuer]

I'm working on a new feature for img2bez in Runebender Xilem that lets you use an existing outline and refit it onto a raster image.

To test this out, I'm using Claude Code and Nano Banana to make a variable font fork of Instrument Serif called Instruments Serif (weight range 400–900).

[Eli אליהו إلياس @eliheuer]

This is the quality of the autotrace output I'm getting with img2bez now.

I'm not using AI at all to do the tracing. I'm just using AI to write a better autotrace tool than existed before.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

Font Design in the ancient times of the late 1980s was a very involved process.

Today with tools from schultzschultzgrafik it works a bit like this…

[Black[Foundry] @blackfoundry]

Fontra Pak update: you can now create a typeface from scratch!
https://t.co/drg3NDW2cx

[Jim Fan @DrJimFan]

Font design is about to get a huge upgrade. Traditionally, given the same font, the letter ‘A’ looks identical everywhere.

How about a smart & magical font that draws ‘A’ differently based on the semantic meaning of the word? Smells like Stable Diffusion?

Deep dive with me: 🧵

[www @w__h_]

I recently started playing tekken and realised kerning is just hitboxes

[Justin Penner @_justinpenner]

Let's shed some light on the dark art of font engineering. I've added 12 resources to the new Font Engineering category at Type Design Resources. Please share and contribute!
https://t.co/Gq8GCS2agV

[Ando 🔠 @DaytonaMess]

Please, could someone explain to me why this part looks flat? Before I throw my computer out of the window?

[ComputedType @ComputedType]

Who is building this type generator? #WWDC23

https://t.co/nSI74AHH8q

[Andreas Storm @avstorm]

Ok, you have my attention

https://t.co/bGuQYBZnFD

[Fontself @fontself]

✨ BIG UPDATE: introducing Path Editing on iPad, the easiest way to refine your glyph shapes!

- Select & move path points
- Drag edges (if you’re allergic to Bézier :)
- Convert strokes to outlines
- Simplify paths in one tap 🪄

[@[email protected] @roboFontEditor]

Get ready for tomorrow evening! You'll need the latest RoboFont beta. You can get it on the RF Discord server:
https://t.co/MAdJxUlKGQ

[www @w__h_]

I feel like all it would take is one decent type designer to betray everyone to make this thing actually work well

[www @w__h_]

This is so beautiful... from 'Typography and logos in knitted structures' presented at the International Symposium in Knitting and Apparel, 2013 by Andrej Vilar, Klementina Mozina and Alenka Pavko-Cuden.