[Openfontlibrary] the crazy adventures of jimmy typeface
http://www.somethingawful.com/fakesa/fontsite/ :-) ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
[Openfontlibrary] more on font embedding...
Moving Forward with Industry-Supported Font Embedding on the Web http://billhillsblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/moving-forward-with- industry-supported.html Introducing the Colophon to the Web: a New Business Model for Fonts? http://billhillsblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/introducing-colophon-to-web- new.html ...or simply subscribe to the rss :-) best, - gustavo. ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] OFL site
The problem is not software. The problem is lack of contributors and patches. Jon On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 18:20 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Ben Weiner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Nicolas Spalinger wrote: > >> Dave Crossland wrote: > >> > >>> I await ccHost 5 :-) > >> > >> Me too. > > So is the OFL site's relevance to the rest of the world - the things it > > provides, the views it promotes - going to stand or fall depending on > > somebody else's software launch schedule? > > Ben, I know of no other alternative to ccHost right now. > > (I don't take any custom solutions into consideration, because we have > no budget for that) > > Alexandre > ___ > Openfontlibrary mailing list > Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] Serving font files from Open Font Library for @font-face complicit browsers
This is an awesome usage of OFLB once this takes off more... Jon On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 17:40 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: > 2008/7/3 Ben Weiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Anyone discussing this elsewhere? Have I not been paying attention? ;-) > > I guess it hasn't been discussed because its so obviously what OFLB is for :-) > > I recall I posted an agitated screed on Phinney's blog where I said > that EOT DRM will "TOTALLY DESTROY" OFLB, and he said this was - quite > rightly - a "huge exaggeration" :-) > > http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2007/11/web_fonts_1.html > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
[Openfontlibrary] identi.ca
Are any of you guys using identi.ca (open service def. compliant) microblogging tool...I've been using it a lot and would be great to connect more with you all again: http://identi.ca/rejon Cheers! jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] identi.ca
2008/8/7 Jon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Are any of you guys using identi.ca (open service def. compliant) http://identi.ca/davelab6 ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] Quick Freelance Font Development Paid Job
Did this get sorted out? Jon On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 03:11 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: > Hi, > > I rent a room in Ben's house in Reading and go the down-lo on this, > and there is a small budget for paying someone who can do this. > > The 70 or so outlines are in EPS and need cleaning up so they don't do > anything strange when printed at very large (meter plus) sizes - and > FontForge's clean up tool or Raph's python tool ought to help! Then > importing these as glyphs in FontForge, and do some spacing. > > All straighforward stuff. The option of publishing the resulting file > on the Open Font Library is available, subject to negotiation with the > client. > > Ben originally mailed this to the ATypI mailing list and they mostly > turned their nose up at it for some reason I can't fathom. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Ben Weiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, > > I've been asked to find someone who can put together a typeface made > from existing Illustrator vector artwork. It's 'hand-drawn': > basically very rough letters done with a mouse directly into > Illustrator. I can't vouch for the quality of those outlines. There > are only uppercase Roman characters; I doubt any accents. There will > be alternate forms of characters (I guess in the lower-case character > positions). > > I'd do it myself if I had the time. Is there anyone on this list who > is interested? The rights in the typeface thus created will belong to > the commissioning organisation. The deadline is the end of the week. > Deafening silence anticipated... > > Best wishes, > Ben > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] Quick Freelance Font Development Paid Job
2008/8/7 Jon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 03:11 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> Deafening silence anticipated... > > Did this get sorted out? I don't think so, no. Cheers, Dave ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
