Hi! 2008/11/5 jeremy schorderet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > i am jeremy. > i am a graduating student in graphic design in ECAL/switzerland. > i have a little experience in type design.
Pleased to meet you! I'm a student on the MA Typeface Design course in Reading, UK :-) > i would like to participate in the free font project Wonderful! > what kind of font is most needed? I think Ed's idea is great, but if you hoping to develop a new typeface design and font from nothing, I would suggest searching around for "most popular fonts" lists and seeing what you like. I'm not suggesting making any direct copies, but the free software font movement needs fonts that people want to use, and the proprietary fonts many people use is a good guide to this. There are two general sources for such lists: Proprietary font distributors, and graphic design bloggers. Here are some examples: http://www.myfonts.com/bestsellers.html http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/popular.php http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/bestsellers.php http://www.ascenderfonts.com/list/most-popular.aspx http://www.instantshift.com/2008/10/05/21-most-used-fonts-by-professional-designers/ http://www.typeoff.de/?p=122 If you are thinking of doing a "historic revival" of a public domain type design (which is, worldwide, anything older than 25 years, as far as I know but I am not a lawyer and that's not legal advice ;-) that doesn't yet exist as a free software font - say, Gill Sans - Raph Levien has done some good work like that, and even written some prototype software to help with the overall process. Best, Dave _______________________________________________ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
