Victor Gaultney

Type Designer, Calligrapher, Musician, Lover of Letters

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@TiroTypeworks @davelab6 @KhaledGhetas @abdullaharif We include a subtle donation request on our font download pages but it's separate from the download process itself. It's not a step you need to go through and say donation = $0 (which is just guilt manipulation). https://t.co/HyeyFe2IjM

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@TiroTypeworks @davelab6 @KhaledGhetas @abdullaharif The OFL certainly allows an optional donation option, and that's a nice way to do it. It just needs to be clear (esp. to those whose understanding of English is limited) that the donation is not necessary to download or use the fonts.

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@OhBendy @pgconstable Sorry - no - and I didn't see them in a quick glance through my research materials. But keep in mind that I was mainly collecting examples of letters that were alraedy identified rather than searching for ones that weren't.

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@pgconstable @OhBendy BTW of our fonts for New Tai Lue the Nokyung design is preferred by more people and has had the closest scrutiny by local script experts. Dai Banna SIL is an older, more region-specific design. https://t.co/ADhWCvYh8F

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

May your heart and your holidays be filled and surrounded by peace. More info on this design is on my site: https://t.co/sPU8u0TiUH

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@TiroTypeworks @MarkFonts Yes - see the Engs feature https://t.co/pN7Wb59TPd

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@MarkFonts Character variants work fine in most browsers (font-feature-settings). We offer and use a lot of CVs. Here's an example, with details on linked pages: https://t.co/pN7Wb59TPd

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@n8willis Gentium and Charis SIL too. https://t.co/pN7Wb59TPd https://t.co/RAG0x2dXIW

[SIL Fonts @silfonts]

Quick fix (v6.001) to Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, Gentium Plus, and Andika to avoid problems with unrecognized fonts when opening older documents: https://t.co/a6BKPnqZjm https://t.co/Ulqki0vaaI https://t.co/7c5J4JFykF https://t.co/e8N1Ebe6gw

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

It may have taken many years to finish the design and engineering work for this in between so much other work, but we finally got it done!

[SIL Fonts @silfonts]

Gentium Plus 6 adds three new bolder weights (plus italics) to the full character set. Many other improvements too! New features, better Windows screen rendering, WOFF2, and more. Fully free and open project. https://t.co/CuoLWzwbPz

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@simoncozens Certainly does! Wish I had more time at the moment to play with it.

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@KGLinguistics @jeltzz @SILintl Hi - you need to tell us the context: OS, app, exact character sequence. Then we might be able to address your problem. Thanks!

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@thejourneyler I had fun making one of these a while ago, but don't really use it. I kern the same way most designers do: avoiding it as much as possible. Most kerning time lately has been spent getting tools to handle kerning data well when converting formats. https://t.co/xY4j5H3wwY

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

A great project from people who know what they're talking about and are still eager to learn more.

[Mota Italic @motaitalic]

Dear Letter/Language/Script-Research interested Twitter People,

Here is some Devanagari research we are working on: https://t.co/AMcYIn4ue3

Hope it helps, and hope we can talk with you more about it!

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@TiroTypeworks @enablelanguages @OhBendy @HindiRinny @a_srinidhi @alolita However, the freedom of alternate family architectures come with the pain of potentially losing portability of semantic text. But that's already a problem.

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@TiroTypeworks @enablelanguages @OhBendy @HindiRinny @a_srinidhi @alolita This is a great idea - especially if the ability to create new family/style architectures could be built into common font design tools. That would give communities (and those that support them) freedom to create alternate structures.

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@TiroTypeworks @enablelanguages @OhBendy @HindiRinny @a_srinidhi @alolita More than once I've offered a community a more 'culturally-sensitive' secondary, only to have them reject the offer in favour of one that follows Latin conventions. While I groaned a bit inside, I supported them in their decision.

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@TiroTypeworks @enablelanguages @OhBendy @HindiRinny @a_srinidhi @alolita While I feel strongly that the non-Latin world should be freed from any assumption that typographic 'italic' secondaries should follow Latin norms, I've found that I need to keep my purist zeal in check. It's not my writing system.

[Victor Gaultney @jvgtype]

@enablelanguages @Erin_Type @hhpapazian @TiroTypeworks Excellent - thanks - would love to have your suggestions!