Hugo Jourdan

Type Designer, Font Engineer, ToolMaker 🧰

[Lisa Huang 黄丽莎 @LisaLisahuang]

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#typography #typeface #typedesign #encyclopedia #design #graphicdesign

[Behdad Esfahbod @behdadesfahbod]

Font designers: I wrote a #fonttools tool to generate optimal `avar` weight axis mapping for a variable font. Take it for a spin:

https://t.co/IJpROv9DdE

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

@romanshamin_en Now it should work, thanks

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

Hey Twitter,
Recently, I decided to continue the work of Andre Fuchs on The Ultimate List of Kerning Pairs.
He did some very interesting and smart research/analysis for Latin script, but only for Latin.
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[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

I have written a small Python script using fonttools to remove all outlines from a font file but keep all other data. This way, you can safely send me your fonts if you wish to collaborate.

DM if your are interested :)
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[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

Therefore, I'm writing this post to ask Cyrillic/Greek type designers/foundries if they would like to collaborate with me to improve the input data. I'm looking for fonts that support the standard (extended is better) glyph sets for each script.
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[@[email protected] @drawbotapp]

extending DrawBot with drawBotGrid!!! https://t.co/2N2M3mbZL3 by @mathieureguer

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

@SignalType @BlazeFoundry @glyphsapp Thanks ! :)
From Plugin Manager > Script > Hugo Jourdan

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

If you are tired of looking for scripts to remove/delete/clear things, say hello to "CleanMyGlyphs" 🧹✨
@glyphsapp

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

@hhpapazian I planned to contact a native for each script, and you were on my list. I will send you an e-mail next week with more information.

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

I'm working on a huge project to build PDFs to learn how to design a specific script.

Here is the v0.1 for Cyrillic.

#script #drawbot #typedesign #learning #python

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

@rmfrt Always ! 💪🏼

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

Building tools to analyse glyphs outlines is something really satisfying 🤖🪄

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

Glyph Inspector v2, using @drawbotapp
Fully automated 🙃

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

Adding Vertical Metrics and improve global design.

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

I'm thinking about learning to design Cyrillic Script.
I coded a DrawBot script to compare Latin and Cyrillic Forms and show outlines and widths diffs.

Do you think an approach like this could be useful ?

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

Adding more references from Google Fonts, and an average value of width diff.

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

It is more convenient to compare different fonts on the same page for each pair comparison.

[Hugo Jourdan @HugoJourdan_]

@romanshamin_en @contrastfoundry @TypeTodayNews Of course. For now I'm only using Google Font that support Cyrillic. @contrastfoundry @TypeTodayNews if you are agree to send some font file to add them, it will be a pleasure.