Work on a purely integer grid, or scale, rotate and slant losslessly thanks to FontLab’s fractional drawing precision and live integer rounding, apply the rounding to bake in the integers. See lengths, angles, curve tension, stem thickness, whitespace distance - measured numerically and visually as you draw. Use upright and slanted grids, flexible guidelines, snapping suggestions and live measurement tools for consistent and precise vector drawing.ĭynamically snap to nodes, angles, stem distances, continuation lines, perpendicular lines and centerlines as you draw. Drag without zooming in for small adjustments with Lever precision dragging.Ĭonvert between the curve types with adjustable precision. Natively edit cubic PostScript Bézier curves and quadratic TrueType curves, including overlapping open paths, using the Contour, Knife, Scissors and Fill tools.ĭrag some nodes and have other nodes or handles follow intelligently with Power Nudge and handle Nudge. Turn them into monochrome fonts via customizable autotracing, or into color OpenType fonts. Paste and import PDF, EPS & SVG vector artwork with monochrome, color or gradient fills and strokes, as well as scanned character sets or color bitmap glyphs. Modulate thickness visually with new Thickness tool. Draft & Drawĭraw outline-based glyphs using the Brush, Pencil, Rapid, Pen, Ellipse / Oval, Rectangle / Polygon / Star tools, in a purely- integer or fractional coordinate space.ĭraw calligraphic letterforms with live, adjustable Power Stroke and Power Brush tools. net magazine.Work with blazing speed with even most complex contours thanks to FontLab’s optimized architecture.Ĭustomize FontLab’s interface to your needs, and easily navigate it with the intuitive Quick Help system: hover and hold F1. He has appeared in HOW, Print, Communication Arts, Forrester Research publications, National Public Radio (NPR), and. Microgramma still enamors me a decade later, and I’m pretty certain I’ll say the same for Idlewild in the 2020s.Ĭameron Moll is a designer, author, speaker, and founder of Authentic Jobs. And that ‘G’, how it perfectly demonstrates the font’s subtle, restrained beauty! Industrious, versatile, and instantly timeless. But what amazes me is how remarkably well the H&FJ crew pulled it off. “For the longest time,” H&FJ writes in its description of Idlewild, “we’ve been reaching for a typeface that wasn’t there.” So I have I. Whatever the case, the release of Hoefler & Frere-Jones’ Idlewild renewed an infatuation that has fallen dormant in the latter years of my career. Perhaps it was a natural inclination to wide type. Maybe it was obsession with things Swiss, having a grandfather born in the country. Period.Īs a novice designer in the late 90’s, I was enamored with Microgramma. Good wide display fonts are tough to come by.
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