Welcome: Not ready for prime time (OK, it is now)
Wanna read about fonts, typography and text? A mix of geeky troubleshooting, info for font developers and thoughts for regular end users who happen to be curious about typography… this is your place. *...
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Open for business
I still have a few minor things to fix, like doing a graphical version of the blog title. But all the major glitches seem to be ironed out, so I hereby declare this blog open, and I will now go tell...
View ArticleThomas Phinney joins Extensis
I can finally talk about this, now that it’s been announced in this press release. Last week I started my new job at Extensis as Senior Product Manager for Font Solutions. For those who don’t know...
View ArticleIt’s not a “screen font” any more
Funny, the other day I had just finished a first pass at reviewing and revising the Extensis document on “Best Practices for Font Management in Mac OS X,” when a non-Extensis colleague asked me...
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Cristoforo lives! Re-launched Kickstarter project & revised intern position
If at first you don’t succeed…. My first go didn’t quite make it, so I reconfigured the reward structure and relaunched my Kickstarter campaign to find backers for my new typeface, Cristoforo, a...
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Cristoforo $10K Promo: Free Dark Symbols Font
With about 48 hours to go (midnight Sunday PDT), my Cristoforo font project on Kickstarter is at about $9,300 in pledges from backers who want to get cool fonts and other swag. As $10,000 is my final...
View ArticleThomas Joins FontLab
As reported yesterday, I have joined the good people at FontLab, as Vice President. I am very happy for the opportunity to work more directly in the field of type design software. FontLab is a great...
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Career Change!
In early June, I will be leaving FontLab! My Font Detective work continues to grow beyond what works with a full-time day job. I am also looking for other gigs that are compatible with said...
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