type design
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In Part 1 of this 2 part series I covered the kerning list. It detailed how I checked whether things were properly spaced in the first place, and how to figure out which pairs need… (Continue reading…)
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Kerning! It’s the last thing one does before one finishes a font. That means I’m almost done with Protest! What is kerning? I expect if you’ve read this far in the series, you probably know.… (Continue reading…)
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The previous post covered alternates, especially contextual alternates. It’s a long one, and packed with info goodies. This post chronicles my journey into the mark and mkmk features. These features are for piecing together composite… (Continue reading…)
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In the last post I wrote about features that were relatively minor for Protest (fractions, ordinals, diacritics for caps, and ligatures). Here’s what I’m covering in this post in the feature order for Protest™ (in… (Continue reading…)
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In the last post I wrote about adding local language rules in the locl feature of my Protest™ font. This post covers the things that were relatively minor for Protest. I need to give a… (Continue reading…)
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Last time I wrote an introduction to adding OpenType features to Protest. I included links to the resources I used most or found helpful. Reading those materials is foundational, and highly recommended. There are two… (Continue reading…)
