FontArk — TypeDrawers
Fontark is a blank canvas. The users Draw the characters into it, with drawing tools. The connection of the characters is defined by the user by simply connecting the Nodes of the paths to special cross-glyphs smart points. (which are also controllable).
FontArk - Page 5 — TypeDrawers
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FontArk - Page 2 — TypeDrawers
Optimal corner curve would imply that a straight line would be joined to curve in such a way as to be in one smooth motion without bumps.
Fachwerk - display geometric sans (1st typeface) — TypeDrawers
I'm currently in love with the geometric sans and decided to have a try on a typeface of my own after I discovered the FontArk web application - more comments on that below. Currently named "Fachwerk", the face is based on timber framing architecture which is very common in my region - we have a strong german heritage here.
Letterink – Stroke extension for Glyphs — TypeDrawers
Yes, his name is Ofir Shavit. He has pretty good ideas about it especially in terms of quick drawing. It is perhaps a good opportunity for the future collaboration. We know each other, and there is a mention about FontArk in the research text.
How skeleton based type design could shake up digital type …
My Hebrew font families Aran (21 styles. working on the Latin script for it now) and Hadkeren (5 styles) have been created with Fontark and are completely skeleton based, including optical corrections and varied stroke width. Down on the pages you can find test fields for all the styles and weights, the leftmost tabs (circled) are the heaviest.
TYPO Labs 2018 Berlin, April 12–14 — TypeDrawers
2014年4月12日 · TYPO Labs How far can we go? April 12–14, 2018 TYPO Labs aims to connect font engineers and practitioners with OS developers, CSS experts and academics.
'A typeface a day' week. — TypeDrawers
2018年3月25日 · Next week, from 1 to 5th April I'm going to demonstrate Fontark in a special week long fest, in which I'm going to design and create a brand new typeface each day.
PS hinting and overshoot — TypeDrawers
2024年2月8日 · For the first design and styling stages I still use Fontark) and I have no idea how to define my fonts to be CFF or not, and if it's even possible. 0 Thomas Phinney Posts: 2,848
Teaching type design online. — TypeDrawers
Fontark is a fresh and sophisticated browser-based type design platform, oriented to graphic designers with type design enthusiasm. It simplifies significantly mostly the early stages of type design and attracts a large world wide audience of designers, most of which with minimal to no formal type design education and knowledge.