<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yeah, I've never done a proper font before — just some custom stuff to mimic a bronze plaque and some experiments to learn — and I know enough about type to know what I don't know. It <i>is</i> something I've always wanted to do for real, though.<div><br></div><div>I'm a typesetter and graphic designer by trade and the money's just never been in it to design a font before now, even if the money for an OSS project is sort of... abstract.<br><div><br></div><div>I look forward to your proper release!<br><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I'd surely welcome your comments, and if you want to tweak the glyphs<br>and send them to me to take a look at, please do - however, until I<br>make a proper release, you can't redistribute your modified version<br>:-)<br></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Don't sweat it. I just need to use it for sketches for the time being anyway. The project is asymptotically approaching release, so it'll be a while yet before we decide enough is enough and just go for it.</div><div><br></div><div>The glyphs in question (to my eyes) are: 6,9 (the end of the counter is kinda tight), e (it has a bulgy forehead), o (a little bit square?), 3 (is it flat on the bottom? It keeps going back and forth in my eyes), j (I don't know if it's intentional, but it looks like it leans to the left).</div><div><br></div><div>I crit because I love. I'm really eager to see this font in its completed form. I think it's quite elegant. I'm looking forward to an italic. Will you do another weight?</div><div><br></div><div>-J</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi,<br><br>2009/6/24 Joshua A.C. Newman <<a href="mailto:joshua@joshuanewmandesign.com">joshua@joshuanewmandesign.com</a>>:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">And by "decisions", I mean "mistakes".<br></blockquote><br>We all have to start somewhere, and the beauty of freedom is that<br>mistakes can be fixed by anyone who cares about them.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Very nice! Positively Gillish! I think we may have a winner!<br></blockquote><br>Thanks :-)<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Yeah, this is really nice. Do you mind if I tweak the glyphs I want to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">change? Or do you want critique that you can take or leave?<br></blockquote><br>The project deadline is in a few weeks, so I'll make a proper release<br>around then with proper metadata (ie, license), an italic, and decent<br>diacritics (the ones in that font are AWFUL)<br><br>I'd surely welcome your comments, and if you want to tweak the glyphs<br>and send them to me to take a look at, please do - however, until I<br>make a proper release, you can't redistribute your modified version<br>:-)<br><br><blockquote type="cite"> I've been on a quest for a nice, clean, modern sans to use as the official font<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">of the various Ashlar brands, but because the font has to be distributed<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(rather than just rendered once) it needs to be an open font.<br></blockquote><br>I'm VERY happy to hear this confirmation that there is commercial<br>demand for open fonts.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I tell you this because I want to make sure you understand that the open<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">sourceness of this will be used to the fullest extent. It will be included<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with every installation of the application to be used in body and titles and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">become a feature of the brand.<br></blockquote><br>That sounds great!<br><br><blockquote type="cite">So, what license are you using for it?<br></blockquote><br>GPLv3, plus additional permissions for PDF embedding.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Dave<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="text-align: right; "><a href="http://joshuanewmandesign.com/"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF5903">Joshua Newman Design</font></a></div><div style="text-align: right; ">401.225.7222</div></div></div></span> </div><br></div></div></div></body></html>