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Turn on View > Cousins in #FontLabVI, and you’ll see visually related glyphs behind your current glyph. Group cousins by putting all related glyphs into one line in Preferences > Cousins; change color, offset and align visually. Double-click to switch the current cousin! #FontLab
And I used FontLab Studio to draw the characters. #art #design #typography #illustration #type #font #lettering #fonts #calligraphy #design #graphicdesign #webdesign #typeface #fontdesign #alphabet #handdrawing #love #typematters #creative #process
Looking for a type designer (or two?) to help create Bank Gothic Variable for Google Fonts, using #FontLabVI. Weight, width, contrast and oblique axes. https://t.co/zvk2SD5dPh
Just got back signed contract, to create new Variable Font version of Bank Gothic for Google Fonts, w/4 axes (weight, width, contrast and oblique). More details soon—will be looking for a f/t designer to assist for next several months. #FontLabVI
Create overlaps by connecting nodes with the #FontLabVI Scissors tool. Click to open corners and control their longer handles more precisely. Extend curves with Shift+Alt-slide. How tedious would scaling or slanting be without overlapping contours? https://t.co/UXXJBO1baB
Use Smart Corners to create live, non-destructive rounded corners and ink traps. Globally change the smart corner tension and ink trap width in Font Info > Font Dimensions. Expand Filters or export the font to get the final outlines. #FontLabVI #FontLab https://t.co/LOq5YvACrt
The Modern Cyrillic 2019 type design competition has just announced the winners. We’ve awarded the special #FontLab prize (a free #FontLabVI license) to Ivan Arbatsky, the author of the text face Old Universal. Congratulations! See the winner gallery: https://t.co/0MyJ7Gm0ml
Ever wondered what the people behind #FontLabVI, #TransType etc. look like? Check our updated About Us page! We’ve also updated our #BitFonter and #Fontographer pages, and added a new section with educational discounts! #FontLab https://t.co/zSjORwIO8P
If you’re a student or an academic teacher, a 1-year #FontLabVI license is just US$89, and a permanent license US$229. If your school buys 8 or more licenses, it’s just US$184 per seat! Check our new edu page for more educational discounts on all our apps! https://t.co/CQ6w2rMsol
If you’ve designed a Cyrillic typeface in the last 5 years, you have just a few days left to submit it (free of charge) to the Modern Cyrillic 2019 type design competition. A full license of #FontLabVI is one of the prizes!
Only a few days left! Submit your Cyrillic typeface(s) designed or released 2014–2019 to Modern Cyrillic 2019 competition until Friday, May 31. Submissions are free of charge. Win a full license of #FontLabVI as one of the prizes! https://t.co/0MyJ7Gm0ml
Only a few days left! Submit your Cyrillic typeface(s) designed or released 2014–2019 to Modern Cyrillic 2019 competition until Friday, May 31. Submissions are free of charge. Win a full license of #FontLabVI as one of the prizes! https://t.co/0MyJ7Gm0ml
Do you think the “VI” in “FontLab VI” stands for “valar ipradtis” or “valar ilis”? A song of conscripts and conlangs… #FontLabVI #GOTFinale #got https://t.co/SSGKioyTtt
#FontLabVI 6.1.4: high-precision segment editing, cell icons for composites & auto layers, smoother kerning workflow, italic linked metrics, snapping Knife, smarter glyph deletion, better OTF hinting export & all-new #glyphs format support! 🕺🤸🏽 https://t.co/f5KQRmi6F6 #fontlab
#FontLabVI 6.1.4 exports .glyphs files and opens them much more faithfully — on Mac and Windows! The conversion has its limits, but it’s a long walk until you reach them. #FontLab 🤝 #Glyphs 😊 https://t.co/f5KQRmi6F6
Eduardo Tunni’s ultra-flexible variable take on the classic college-style lettering GRADUATE comes in 12 axes, and not a single Tunni line! Get the free OFL-licensed TTF and the source FontLab VI VFC file. #MadeWithFontLab #FontLabVI https://t.co/XiuMINbJ5u
#FontLabVI 6.1.3: arrow-key Tunni lines editing; precise non-node segment editing; easier free transformations; better classes and features editing; font export customization; better UFO3 handling; single-stroke fonts; improved Sketchboard text frames. https://t.co/VqET7JKWVS
Unbracketed serifs, ball terminals & contrasts from Rockwell-like none to medium that stops where Century starts: meet ParaType’s Circe Slab, designed and produced in FontLab VI by Alexandra Korolkova with Oleksa Volochay. #MadeWithFontLab #FontLabVI https://t.co/akoonzpII6
Optometrist: “Read out the top row.” Type designer: “Optically uncorrected O, tiny aperture on the C, bone effect on the U...” Made in #FontLabVI by @scannerlicker and ANTI, Optician Sans is a free eye-chart-based font. #MadeWithFontLab https://t.co/KcvyhkqsFb
FontLab VI tip: to jump from any panel back to the font or glyph window, just hit Cmd+Enter. Very useful while using keyboard instead of mouse. #FontLabVI #typography
If you updated #FontLabVI for Windows to 6.1.2 and found that printing does not work, go to https://t.co/PwqWCOMENy and download & install the “trial” version. You won’t need to enter your serial number or re-activate. If you’re on a Mac, no need to do anything.
12 #FontLabVI releases in 12 months! Thank you all for the great feedback, many great things to come in 2019! New version 6.1.2: print, synchronize text across windows with Echo Text, add custom OpenType tables, create OpenType symbol-encoded fonts. https://t.co/cZqAjC3grU
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