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Ttfautohint is a free autohinter for Truetype fonts, that aims to automate the creation of hinting instructions for Truetype fonts rendered on Windows XP, Vista and Windows7 and higher. Version 0.9.12 of Ttfautohint includes improved support for ‘Stem Width and Stem Positioning’ under Microsoft’s Cleartype font rendering.
Ttfautohint – Stem Width and Stem Positioning
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One long-ish term project is to create versions of Nobile and Mako (above) customised for Android devices. This is likely to result in an amalgamation of features from both fonts into a new face, to give three GUI fonts for portable and handheld devices.
(above – Mako in [...]
(above) ‘Norican’ is a script based on the Stephenson Blake typeface ‘Glenmoy’ with elements from numerous other old script faces mashed in.
(below) Digital sketches for a new face. The diacritic marks are snatched from circa 1920′s Deberny & Peignot specimens.
‘Rammetto’ (that was ‘Bassbin’) is now available from the Google Webfont Directory at http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Rammetto+One
For more info on the design of Rametto/Bassbin see here and here.
‘Niconne’ is based on Stephenson Blake’s 1926 ‘Madonna’ face. The original designs have been tweaked and re-shaped for better rendering on digital screens and use as a webfont.
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