[Openfontlibrary] design service

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El Wed, 5 Nov 2008 20:14:26 +0000
"Dave Crossland" <dave at lab6.com> escribió:

> Hi!
> 
> 2008/11/5 jeremy schorderet <casperduet at gmail.com>:
> >
> > i am jeremy.
> > i am a graduating student in graphic design in ECAL/switzerland.
> > i have a little experience in type design.
> 
> Pleased to meet you! I'm a student on the MA Typeface Design course in
> Reading, UK :-)
> 
> > i would like to participate in the free font project
> 
> Wonderful!
> 
> > what kind of font is most needed?
> 
> I think Ed's idea is great, but if you hoping to develop a new
> typeface design and font from nothing, I would suggest searching
> around for "most popular fonts" lists and seeing what you like. I'm
> not suggesting making any direct copies, but the free software font
> movement needs fonts that people want to use, and the proprietary
> fonts many people use is a good guide to this.

> There are two general sources for such lists: Proprietary font
> distributors, and graphic design bloggers. Here are some examples:
> 
> http://www.myfonts.com/bestsellers.html
> http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/popular.php
> http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/bestsellers.php
> http://www.ascenderfonts.com/list/most-popular.aspx
> 
> http://www.instantshift.com/2008/10/05/21-most-used-fonts-by-professional-designers/
> http://www.typeoff.de/?p=122
> 
> If you are thinking of doing a "historic revival" of a public domain
> type design (which is, worldwide, anything older than 25 years, 


I take this opportunity to ask if you know about scaned images of
public domain or olds typography catalog resources on the web, I know
about raph levien's catalogs like:

http://levien.com/type/atf_1912/ 
http://levien.com/type/atf_1923/
http://levien.com/type/atf_1934/
http://levien.com/type/atf_1941/

There is something else?

> as far
> as I know but I am not a lawyer and that's not legal advice ;-) that
> doesn't yet exist as a free software font - say, Gill Sans - Raph
> Levien has done some good work like that, and even written some
> prototype software to help with the overall process.

I understand that the glyps of any typeface is not
'copyrightable' material in USA and the rest of the world

http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/formprocessor/copyright/cfr.pl?&urlmiddle=1.0.2.6.2.0.174.1&part=202&section=1&prev=&next=2

(except any 'patented' typefaces in any european countrys), then, I can
take any 'privative' actual font, printing the font, re-drawing the
glips, reasign the kerning pairs etc and publish that font (the
font software) in any free licence.. but this procedure will not be seen
very well, by my colleagues tipographers...


> Best,
> Dave
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