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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
Hi Hitch
Firstly IANAT (not a typographer), IAAD (I am a dabbler).
I can't say about specific books, but
https://www.typewolf.com/resources
has links to lots of good stuff, including free and paid books.
http://practicaltypography.com/ ====BUTTERICK'S PRACTICAL TYPOGRAPHY [online ebook/web-book] might be useful.
I have only dipped my toes in this one, but another good source for you might be
http://ilovetypography.com/
It is LOADED with tutorials and information.
While I'm here, let me recommend a simple font editor from
http://www.cr8software.net/software.html
TypeLight is free, and slightly feature-limited (no easy way to re-size glyphs, no vector import).
The Pro version Type 3, is currently $55, but the demo version is free, not time-limited, and is only feature-limited in that it only saves the first 50 glyphs ---- but you can cheat, like I do --- use the free demo to import SVG outlines to create new glyphs, or use it to re-size or skew glyphs, save an abbreviated font with those changes, then borrow those new glyphs into a font using the freeware TypeLight to create a full font with as many glyphs as you like.
The pdf help files for those two softwares are a fairly good introduction to font creation. |
Granny:
LOL, we must be sisters from a different mother, or something like that. As mentioned, I have SSS and Bringhurst, and in my Chrome Speed Dial, I have (wait for it), TypeWolf (we're a paid member), Butterick and ilovetypography. ;-)
I'll look into the two programs you mentioned. My desire is to get into the "nitty gritty," as it were, so that I can better manipulate fonts, and for better, more logical font groupings in my font-managers. I become vexed when I do something in Typograf (like, "find similar") only to see a result turn up that makes ZERO sense to me!
Thanks for the heads-up on TypeLight's Pro version. I might spring for that. Thanks!
Isn't it weird that it's such an obscure topic, really??? I had expected that a decent search would turn up all types of results, but it did not.
(And if anyone is interested, in some time, I'll post what I think about the new font manager I acquired. It has a built-in Word and Powerpoint plugin, which is already quite useful. Not for using Word itself, but for instant designing feedback, it's quite lovely. (Comes with an INDD plugin, also, but I haven't played with that yet.)
Hitch