Font Forum

For those of you that don't know, Our Dick Pape is a very busy guy! I first met him on line at High-Logic in 2004, when he was already a member here. He has been steadily churning out fonts ever since, chasing (and passing in my opinion) his hero, Manfred Klein of Germany. DickPape--ButterflyInsects...

I would suspect a specialty hand designed one of a kind.

Cool! THANKS!

The "trick" is to make a contour, then delete points until only two making a single line is left.
It is not (in my opinion) a viable solution.

In a glyph window, select View / Toolbars / Comparison. Adjust the side bearings to get what you want.

Very Nice! I like to use "From Any To Zanily" In the Test Font window to see how the caps look in words. Yellow ellipses appear to have too much space. Calitalic-1.jpg While in a glyph window, Use View / Toolbars / Comparison To make adjustments by moving the right bearing. Calitalic-2.JPG...

Thanks Bhikkhu Pesala, 3,500 new fonts added to my collection - indexed and grouped - quick and easy!

Dave

I just downloaded MainType 5 and would like to add my font folder files as groups.
How do I do that?

The September 2012 issue of the Smithsonian has an interesting article on Steve Jobs and how his love of SIMPLICITY changed computers and the fonts we use: Jobs obsessed with equal intensity about the look of what would appear on the screen. In particular, he cared about the fonts —the different sty...

Yet another amazing new tool!

Wow, 2006! I forgot I knew so much way back then (and have since forgotten), and never got around to thanking Bhikkhu Pesala for his excellent additions!
Thanks BP!

True, but probably less trouble than rolling drunks at night.

Does anyone have this complete font from an old 1870 map? I'll probably have to create it.

Different programs will interpret the glyphs differently as they use different rules.
What you see in one application is NOT what you get with another.

Did you download from

Postby Bhikkhu Pesala » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:53 am
I added a few characters to it.

Tuffy6 Character Set

Download Tuffy6.ttf (URL Fixed)

What computer?