Comments on: 1PT.Rule Comic: The Oblivious Solution

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:40:42 +0000

Why yes I have designed/developed a font for use in a Flash application. And boy was it amazingly hard – probably the hardest work I’ve ever produced. Mad props to those who do it for a living…
@Prescott – font designers typically use FontLab to draw and develop their fonts. Not cheap, but definitely a serious tool that’s widely used by the pros. Check out typophile.com to mingle with folks who do this for a living and learn more about the trade.

By: Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:43:11 +0000

I never have, but I’m sort of doing it now. Basically, I’m retooling Gill Sans, which is a bit of a project. The S is the most annoying character by far. H is easy. I definitely have massive respect for type designers.
What software are you kids using for said task? Illustrator gets it down for making a poster or something with limited text, but what’s the tool for making a real, typeable font.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:15:11 +0000

This is so great. I laughed. Out loud.
I haven’t designed a full typeface yet, but I have created custom letterforms for specific purposes, not usually used again.
Although it takes much more time to design, trace, then make the tiny adjustments, it has (so far, knock-knock) been worth it every time.
Ps. Just broke my comment virginity on 36point, it was amazing.