Comments on: Open DIN: Das Ist Norm http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm Open Source Publishing - Design Tools For Designers Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:33:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44863 nitrofurano Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:38:20 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44863 last version at http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=107153 last version at http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=107153

]]> By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44862 nitrofurano Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:24:12 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44862 when trying to upload to openfontlibrary.org - "/var/www/openfontlibrary.org/htdocs/cclib/cc-debug.php"(287): error_log(../cchost_offline/cc-log.txt) [function.error-log]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory [2009-06-18 16:22 pm][127.0.0.1][/media/submit/font] - beautiful... when trying to upload to openfontlibrary.org – “/var/www/openfontlibrary.org/htdocs/cclib/cc-debug.php”(287): error_log(../cchost_offline/cc-log.txt) [function.error-log]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory [2009-06-18 16:22 pm][127.0.0.1][/media/submit/font] – beautiful…

]]> By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44859 nitrofurano Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:50:00 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44859 http://www.fontshop.be/upload/0ZC7YPAC.jpg - found this master drawing of Prussian Railways typeface - if someone have this in a better resolution, please let us know! :) http://www.fontshop.be/upload/0ZC7YPAC.jpg – found this master drawing of Prussian Railways typeface – if someone have this in a better resolution, please let us know! :)

]]> By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44858 nitrofurano Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:18:06 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44858 Since this typeface were designed to be drawn over an orthogonal square grid, i didn't care about kernings - i think this would reach closelly the idea of the Prussian Railways at early 20th century - but, if the kerning needs really exists, could it be a good idea to be snapped to 50 or 25 units multiples? Since this typeface were designed to be drawn over an orthogonal square grid, i didn’t care about kernings – i think this would reach closelly the idea of the Prussian Railways at early 20th century – but, if the kerning needs really exists, could it be a good idea to be snapped to 50 or 25 units multiples?

]]> By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44857 nitrofurano Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:09:00 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44857 http://www.magwerk.com/mag.php?magazine=encore&language=en&issue=13&page=34 helped me fixing http://pastebin.com/f21f16ecd (sfd) and http://pastebin.com/f4293eabb (svg) - accessing the original master drawing would help a lot indeed http://www.magwerk.com/mag.php?magazine=encore&language=en&issue=13&page=34 helped me fixing http://pastebin.com/f21f16ecd (sfd) and http://pastebin.com/f4293eabb (svg) – accessing the original master drawing would help a lot indeed

]]> By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44855 nitrofurano Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:53:12 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44855 i don't know if http://pastebin.com/f200354ae (sfd) and http://pastebin.com/f69957ad6 (svg) can be considered a start - of course it's plenty of mistakes, and i'm not completelly assured about if the licence of the original DIN drawing is really public domain (i imagine it is anyway...) i don’t know if http://pastebin.com/f200354ae (sfd) and http://pastebin.com/f69957ad6 (svg) can be considered a start – of course it’s plenty of mistakes, and i’m not completelly assured about if the licence of the original DIN drawing is really public domain (i imagine it is anyway…)

]]> By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44853 nitrofurano Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:54:07 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44853 Interesting is seeing both Linotype and Fontfont versions are very different of the original Engschrift - both seems to try to fix some 'mistakes' from the original, and if some version (open, for example) follows strictly from the original (which seems to be public domain?), i think it may not have licensing problems... - i don't know if this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DIN1451board.jpg is the original master drawing, and where can we get one with better quality... Interesting is seeing both Linotype and Fontfont versions are very different of the original Engschrift – both seems to try to fix some ‘mistakes’ from the original, and if some version (open, for example) follows strictly from the original (which seems to be public domain?), i think it may not have licensing problems… – i don’t know if this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DIN1451board.jpg is the original master drawing, and where can we get one with better quality…

]]> By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44696 nitrofurano Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:21:24 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44696 i forgot to tell about this project: http://klepas.org/openbaskerville/ (how can we delete that mistaken previous post?) i forgot to tell about this project: http://klepas.org/openbaskerville/

(how can we delete that mistaken previous post?)

]]> By: paulo http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-44638 paulo Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:05:27 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-44638 not exactly about Din - the original drawings of Garamond seems to be in a Belgium museum - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin-Moretus_Museum - would be possible an Open-Garamond being made from these drawings? http://barneycarroll.com/garamond.htm not exactly about Din – the original drawings of Garamond seems to be in a Belgium museum – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin-Moretus_Museum – would be possible an Open-Garamond being made from these drawings? http://barneycarroll.com/garamond.htm

]]> By: nitrofurano http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/type/open-din-das-ist-norm/comment-page-1#comment-42774 nitrofurano Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:28:13 +0000 http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=142#comment-42774 does it mean getting paths from Manuale Tipografico (and alike) raster scans we can have an OpenBodoni without having legal problems with those known foundries used to sell Bodoni, since a 250 year old work is a public domain? does it mean getting paths from Manuale Tipografico (and alike) raster scans we can have an OpenBodoni without having legal problems with those known foundries used to sell Bodoni, since a 250 year old work is a public domain?

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