[OpenFontLibrary] [GFD] Tom Phinney on Libre Fonts

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There would be less low quality fonts if the font creation software wasn't so louzy. Make it easy to make it good. 


Another point: It seems to me that many decorative fonts will be used mostly just as titles, so any problems with the kerning or hinting could be easily corrected in Photoshop if its just a few words. 



-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com>
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Subject: Re: [OpenFontLibrary] [GFD] Tom Phinney on Libre Fonts


On 13 October 2013 12:31, Pablo Impallari <impallari at gmail.com> wrote:
> One more Thomas, sorry to be a pain in the ass, but....
>
> You say:
> "I should be clear that when I say “quality” I am not talking about matters
> of mere taste. There are objective aspects of font quality. For example, in
> spacing a typical sans serif, if the cap H and N have straight sides, and
> the white space (sidebearings) allocated to the left and right sides of the
> cap H are significantly different values, and those in turn differ from the
> sidebearings of the cap N, then the font is simply badly made."
>
> But... on the Extensis WebINK homepage, there is a banner of the Aston Font
> (aka Photolettering Jeanette), that looks like this
> http://cl.ly/image/0B3m2W2Q033K
>
> And since you are mentioning sidebearings, this is how it is supposed to
> look if properly set:
> http://cl.ly/image/132N3H1C2w3L
> (This is the Photollettering GonzalesJeanette 1993 digital version)

TP did say, "Easily 30–40% of commercial fonts leave me thoroughly
unimpressed." Perhaps that is one.

-- 
Cheers
Dave

 
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