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"https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/10/boing-boing-redesign-uncovers-web-font-ignorance/", "published_at": "2009-10-13T01:00:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df91-1f6b-720d-b00b-2b8f17630a34", "title": "Lifting the veil", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/08/lifting-the-veil/", "published_at": "2009-08-19T05:28:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449b189001", "title": "Speaking @ Portland IDUG, visiting TypeCon Atlanta", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/07/speaking-portland-atlanta/", "published_at": "2009-07-08T01:02:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449ba1d894", "title": "XKCD on Papyrus", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/05/xkcd-on-papyrus/", "published_at": "2009-05-31T06:06:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449bfc29e2", "title": "Microsoft Office 2010 adds OpenType goodness", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/05/microsoft-office-2010-adds-opentype-goodness/", "published_at": "2009-05-22T08:34:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449c79c677", "title": "Typographic soap", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/05/typographic-soap/", "published_at": "2009-05-16T05:03:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449ca66568", "title": "Speaking at InDesign User Group Seattle, May 12th", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/05/idug-seattle-may-12th/", "published_at": "2009-05-04T00:04:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449d5cdf52", "title": "It’s not a “screen font” any more", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/04/not-a-screen-font/", "published_at": "2009-04-16T07:10:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449d6114aa", "title": "Thomas Phinney joins Extensis", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/04/phinney-joins-extensis/", "published_at": "2009-04-06T15:15:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449de710f3", "title": "Ordering the Glyph Panel", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/04/ordering-the-glyph-panel/", "published_at": "2009-04-05T00:04:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449eda5e9e", "title": "Font terms survey results", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/04/font-terms-survey-results/", "published_at": "2009-04-04T09:56:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df98-8553-7009-9073-55449f371d08", "title": "Battlestar Helvetica", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/03/battlestar-helvetica/", "published_at": "2009-03-30T03:26:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a23101c541", "title": "Spring/summer 2009 speaking", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/03/springsummer-2009-speaking/", "published_at": "2009-03-18T16:50:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a231e21c56", "title": "Matthew Carter in WaPo", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/02/matthew-carter-in-wapo/", "published_at": "2009-02-24T02:50:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a232331035", "title": "A font by any other name?", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/02/font-name/", "published_at": "2009-02-18T23:16:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a232f74f5c", "title": "24″ 1920×1200 pivoting LCD monitor $210 refurb", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/02/24-inch-monitor/", "published_at": "2009-02-14T20:23:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a2331bc16d", "title": "Bob Hayes NFL Hall of Fame forgery", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/02/bob-hayes-nfl-forgery/", "published_at": "2009-02-06T07:37:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a233af6cf1", "title": "Greek Support in Fonts: Truth & Lies", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/02/greek/", "published_at": "2009-02-05T20:35:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a2347bdbdb", "title": "Video: OpenType, cross-app text, Flash, etc.", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/02/thomas-worst-tv/", "published_at": "2009-02-05T04:08:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a234fdf827", "title": "AFDKO 2.5 released", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/01/afdko-25/", "published_at": "2009-01-29T00:53:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a235a9beed", "title": "World-Ready Composer in Adobe CS4", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/01/adobe-world-ready-composer/", "published_at": "2009-01-27T20:40:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa1-371f-72ff-b51b-48a235e80526", "title": "Bugs in World-Ready Composer", "url": "https://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/01/world-ready-composer-bugs/", "published_at": "2009-01-27T20:38:10+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Variable Font UI is Brokenoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2026

2025

“Is it possible for two different designers to come up with the same type of font design?”original ↗
12 Aug 2025
“How do you get an image into something like an emoji, so that when you paste it it is treated like normal text (without Unicode)?”original ↗
29 Jun 2025

2024

Also, Quora Lies: WW2 Arial, Helvetica, Courier; also Times misinformationoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2024
About .notdef: the symbol (not emoji!) that is often an “X” inside a tall rectangleoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2024
“What does a design brief for a new typeface (font) look like?”original ↗
3 Dec 2024
More of my fonts/typography answers coming here!original ↗
18 Nov 2024
What is the relationship between fonts and Unicode characters?original ↗
11 Nov 2024
“What does it cost to have a custom typeface designed?”original ↗
15 Jun 2024
“Do companies get sued for using fonts illegally?”original ↗
27 May 2024

2023

Why Did Adobe Discontinue Font Chameleon in the 90s?original ↗
22 Feb 2023

2022

Font Detective forensic typography assistant neededoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2022
Font Detective talk in Dublin, 16 Nov 2022original ↗
14 Nov 2022

2020

Font Production Person Needed, first half 2021original ↗
18 Dec 2020

2019

Science Gothic—Design/Production Person Neededoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2019
Career Change!original ↗
25 Apr 2019

2018

Reliably Changing Versions of Fontsoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2018
LA IDUG: Variable Fonts, Color Fonts & FontLaboriginal ↗
23 Aug 2018
Font Detective Site Launchoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2018
Why Variable Fonts Will Succeedoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2018
“Truth” is hard to come byoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2018

2017

Will Calibri leave Pakistan sans Sharif?original ↗
19 Jul 2017

2016

The Lesson of Color Fonts for Variable Fontsoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2016

2015

Brazil visa for ATypI São Paulooriginal ↗
17 Sept 2015
Women’s voices in type & ATypIoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2015

2014

Awesome: Fiona Ross receives 2014 SOTA Typography Awardoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2014
Fabulous Adobe font/format history articleoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2014
Wired mag off-base on Roboto typefaceoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2014
Cristoforo t-shirt orders!original ↗
10 May 2014
My massive page of type design infooriginal ↗
10 May 2014
Cristoforo promo draft t-shirtsoriginal ↗
5 May 2014
Thomas Joins FontLaboriginal ↗
2 May 2014
How to Tell If a Font Sucksoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2014
Fonts and Typography for Writers and Non-Designersoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2014
More free FontLab encoding files for type designersoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2014
Save $400M printing cost from font change? Not so fast…original ↗
29 Mar 2014
Free FontLab Latin encoding files for type designersoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2014
Some free FontLab scripts for type designersoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2014
FontLab type design workshop in India, March 3–5original ↗
18 Feb 2014
Overlapping Paths in Type Designoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2014
On Kerning (and Spacing) Fontsoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2014

2013

Free Fonts, Revealed and… Reviled?original ↗
12 Oct 2013
Intro Type Design Workshops in New York & Singaporeoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2013
Debating Bush memos (with Rather?) on Redditoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2013
Font ID Reward! (SOLVED)original ↗
5 Feb 2013
“Crafting Type” intro font design workshop in Portlandoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2013
New York: WebVisions + Font Detective (discount!)original ↗
16 Jan 2013
Obscure PANOSE issues for font makersoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2013

2012

Cristoforo Italics updateoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2012
Fontmageddon? Windows security patch KB2753842 of Dec 11 (fixed!)original ↗
15 Dec 2012
Town Hall meeting for TypeCon coming to Portland in 2013original ↗
19 Nov 2012
Conferences & Talks: Chicago, Hong Kong, Vegas, NYCoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2012
Conferences & Cristoforooriginal ↗
16 Jul 2012
Cristoforo Backersoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2012
Cristoforo $10K Promo: Free Dark Symbols Fontoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2012
Should Dyslexics Unite on a Typeface?original ↗
5 Jun 2012
Columbus typeface sightings, intern, Kickstarteroriginal ↗
2 Jun 2012
Cristoforo lives! Re-launched Kickstarter project & revised intern positionoriginal ↗
26 May 2012
Rather still deluding himself on Bush memosoriginal ↗
6 May 2012
Font Production & Type Design Intern Wantedoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2012
Cristoforo: back my new crowd-funded typefaceoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2012
Cristoforo: looking for American Italicoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2012
Bookbinding: When nice books are illegaloriginal ↗
6 Apr 2012

2011

Web Typography Best Practices webcast seriesoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2011
Without serifs: a sans by any other nameoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2011
Cristoforo: Reviving Columbus and font qualityoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2011
Amazon Kindle eBooks outselling print booksoriginal ↗
20 May 2011
Magazines, Newspapers & ePub pricing madnessoriginal ↗
2 May 2011
ATypI talk submission deadline April 30original ↗
26 Apr 2011
Type Design & FontLab 4-day Workshoporiginal ↗
24 Apr 2011
Portland Type Tuesday continuesoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2011
Font Point Size and the Em Square: Not What People Thinkoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2011
Build graphs with a font: Chartwell!original ↗
11 Mar 2011

2010

Type Tuesday in Portland, Oregonoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2010
Winners, losers and fonts in the eBook revolutionoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2010
Hypatia Sans typeface finally shippingoriginal ↗
29 May 2010
Font Remix Tools (RMX) and Multiple Master Fonts in type designoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2010

2009

Browser Choice vs Font Renderingoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2009
Boing Boing Redesign Uncovers Web Font Ignoranceoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2009
Lifting the veiloriginal ↗
19 Aug 2009
Speaking @ Portland IDUG, visiting TypeCon Atlantaoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2009
XKCD on Papyrusoriginal ↗
31 May 2009
Microsoft Office 2010 adds OpenType goodnessoriginal ↗
22 May 2009
Typographic soaporiginal ↗
16 May 2009
Speaking at InDesign User Group Seattle, May 12thoriginal ↗
4 May 2009
It’s not a “screen font” any moreoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2009
Thomas Phinney joins Extensisoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2009
Ordering the Glyph Paneloriginal ↗
5 Apr 2009
Font terms survey resultsoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2009
Battlestar Helveticaoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2009
Spring/summer 2009 speakingoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2009
Matthew Carter in WaPooriginal ↗
24 Feb 2009
A font by any other name?original ↗
18 Feb 2009
24″ 1920×1200 pivoting LCD monitor $210 refurboriginal ↗
14 Feb 2009
Bob Hayes NFL Hall of Fame forgeryoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2009
Greek Support in Fonts: Truth & Liesoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2009
Video: OpenType, cross-app text, Flash, etc.original ↗
5 Feb 2009
AFDKO 2.5 releasedoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2009
World-Ready Composer in Adobe CS4original ↗
27 Jan 2009
Bugs in World-Ready Composeroriginal ↗
27 Jan 2009
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