[CharmingMan]

Do most fonts have alternate numbers, how do I turn them on.

Dont like the way the numbers are all over the shop.

Thanks

[Tom_E]

Originally Posted by CharmingMan

Do most fonts have alternate numbers, how do I turn them on.

Dont like the way the numbers are all over the shop.

Thanks

A lot of pro/opentype faces do.

Just choose the glyphs you require (alt characters or aligning numbers etc) in Opentype in Indesign or Illustrator.

Can't believe you didn't know that to be honest.

[CharmingMan]

Thanks for that Tom, never really used any of the open type feautres, I dont tend to do alot of print so wasn't familar with that.

Thats well fucking handy though

[Tom_E]

Originally Posted by CharmingMan

Thanks for that Tom, never really used any of the open type feautres, I dont tend to do alot of print so wasn't familar with that.

Thats well fucking handy though

I'm not angry Dan, just disappointed. Thought you were a proper type freak.

Opentype is the shizzle, as well as being cross-platform, you can have far more glyphs/characters per set (font) than regular type 1 or ttf fonts, always go for Opentype if you can.

Take a look at the massive character/glyph sets of relatively recent big name Opentype faces like Soho, Neo Sans, Archer etc, bloody hundreds of them, ultimate control.

[CharmingMan]

Originally Posted by Tom_E

I'm not angry Dan, just disappointed. Thought you were a proper type freak.

Opentype is the shizzle, as well as being cross-platform, you can have far more glyphs/characters per set (font) than regular type 1 or ttf fonts, always go for Opentype if you can.

Take a look at the massive character/glyph sets of relatively recent big name Opentype faces like Soho, Neo Sans, Archer etc, bloody hundreds of them, ultimate control.

Yeah i can imagine getting alo of use out of them if I was doing alot of brochures and copy heavy stuff

The amount of work that must go into creating an opentype font is ridiculous

[Klang]

I just purchased Vitesse for my new logo it was a £200 font family but Christ was it worth it.

Vitesse | Hoefler & Frere-Jones

Plenty of scope on Opentype, I'll be using it for years!

[Tom_E]

@klang – a perfect example there from H&JF; a properly designed typeface, by a proper type designer, who works for a proper type foundry, and rightfully pretty expensive

@charmingman these pro faces can take years to design, Sebastian Lester took 5 years to finish the opentype for new sans/neo tech and soho, but worth the wait, as they are all top professional quality

none of this myfonts typographic wank for free stuff

[CharmingMan]

Originally Posted by Tom_E

none of this myfonts typographic wank for free stuff

I use myfonts quit alot actually, its good for identity work where your looking for something quirky that has character over a traditional typeface.

It's good for custom type work as well

[Klang]

Myfonts is OK, it's shit like DaFont that is virtually never worth the while.

[Tom_E]

Originally Posted by CharmingMan

I use myfonts quit alot actually, its good for identity work where your looking for something quirky that has character over a traditional typeface.

It's good for custom type work as well

it does have its uses for sure, was just making the point that you can't beat a proper professionally designed typeface designed by a top class type designer that spent years crafting and finely tuning it to perfection

[CharmingMan]

yeah it definately makes you apreciate the reasons for the high cost when you see how much work goes in.

I think the meta serif took years to complete with countless tiny revisions.

fuck that for a laugh, must be demoralising work