Henrique Beier

Type designer and font engineer.
@[email protected]

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

Introducing Bork: a display typeface born from an exercise in blackletter calligraphy. In this font, @leitenperger mixes the style’s characteristic dark texture and interrupted strokes in the lowercase with the roman construction of the uppercase.
https://t.co/H299tzN81l

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

So happy to be part of the @ilovetypography family!! 🎉

[I Love Typography @ilovetypography]

Big news!! Today we welcome 21 new foundries onto our platform and we could not be more excited 🎉🎉

Great people, gorgeous typefaces, and a whole lots of amazing intro offers till Oct 31st! Please joining us in welcoming them!

https://t.co/lxdALBxHQ3

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

My tip of the day for you is to check out Magno, a very condensed superfamily. Font engineering by yours truly 🙂

[Blackletra @blackletratype]

NEW RELEASE: Magno Serif & Sans

Magno is a superfamily in 8 condensed weights, obliques and several alternates. Read full story here:

https://t.co/aBhKHeu4Cj

Type Design: @LucasGini
Font Mastering: @harbortype

Download Free Trials:
https://t.co/QCStWoXDnP

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@j0ssana ❤️❤️❤️

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@mwichary It might even simpler than that. It seems each individual style has different values for hheaAscender and hheaDescender, resulting in different line heights.

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@mwichary I have a feeling it might have something to do with the Agrave and the ascender value. I’m not near a Mac right now, so I couldn’t test this. https://t.co/kPTlKiSlAv

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@FontsNinja Absolutely!

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@colinmford @rsms An update for that blog post is long overdue... Thank you for reminding me!

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@mekkablue That’s all I know on this matter. I really thought this was a languagesystem issue :(

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@mekkablue Also worth checking File > Options > Advanced > Compatibility options > Disable OpenType Font Formatting Features

[Riley Cran @rileycran]

It's tempting to think that simpler letterforms = more legibility. But in my experience, that's not true. Typefaces are design systems too, and they need a certain level of complexity to work well. Here's why

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[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@benpartridge Deliciosas salsichas de carne de boi

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@ThomasPhinney @jameslucas To be more specific, I’m talking about Wilcom and WinLase.

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@ThomasPhinney @jameslucas Some CAD adjacent apps also don’t support OTF. Embroidery and laser engraving software are some of them.

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@rosaiani Parabéns, jovem Saiani!

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@simevidas Yep, that is on me 🤦‍♂️
Thanks for letting me know!

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@mwichary @figma Thank you for this! I’ve sent more details to your DMs.

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

Hey @figmadesign! Is there any documentation on how the algorithm for style linking works? What do you look for in the font files? Some of my fonts don’t work correctly in Figma but they work in TextEdit...

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

Hey @Figma (cc @mwichary), are you aware of this issue regarding the order of font styles and style linking on MacOS Big Sur? I’ve been trying to circumvent this for months to no avail. Apparently it affects all third-party fonts (non-system and non-Google).

[Henrique Beier @harbortype]

@PlauDesign @figmadesign Well, apparently this might be an issue with @figmadesign running on Big Sur. Everything works as expected on Mojave. Notice how the order of the styles in the dropdown change between OS versions.