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Fabbrica: A sans serif typeface with a utilitarian aesthetic

135 点作者 kmckiern大约 4 年前

21 条评论

oji0hub大约 4 年前
The font is beautiful. The license is unworkable.<p>How should an organization keep track of the number of users working with a font? It&#x27;s an expensive and practical problem that&#x27;s outside the core business of any company. Even with the most expensive package, there is still a cap and that&#x27;s a at 1500 USD which is a steep price considering the competition is free.<p>Then we have the license agreement. First it&#x27;s too long. Yes seriously. Getting company lawyers involved makes sense when doing something risky, expensive or complicated like hiring from abroad. Not for using a font or buying a cup of coffee. There is nothing complicated about these transactions. It&#x27;s made complicated by the agreement.<p>Skimming through the contract...<p>&gt; you undertake to keep all copies of the Font Software secure and to maintain accurate and up-to-date records of the number and locations of all copies of the Font Software<p>Expensive and practically difficult in a small organization and even worse in a bigger one.<p>&gt; These terms are governed by English law and you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the products in the English courts.<p>Well that&#x27;s great, now we need an _English_ legal team.<p>This is a fantasy.
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unicornporn大约 4 年前
Don&#x27;t get me wrong, I&#x27;m a typehead. But, how does a commercial font end up on the first page of HN?
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elromulous大约 4 年前
1. I love it. I&#x27;ll probably be buying it. 2. I&#x27;m a little surprised a font, and more specifically, a commercial, variable width font, made to the front page.
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mrunseen大约 4 年前
Great font, it seems like IBM Plex Sans&#x27;s cousin.<p>Also kudos to the Cinetype. I believe more foundries should offer licenses in package (1-3 user install, 10-20k web, maybe even 1 book).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fontsarena.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;font-licensing-is-ill-please-help-heal-it&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fontsarena.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;font-licensing-is-ill-please-hel...</a>
mpatane大约 4 年前
Hi everybody! Fabbrica designer here. If you have any question, or if you have any feedback, I would be super happy to hear.
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machinelabo大约 4 年前
Some problems:<p>a has a larger aperture than c, s, C, S, e, etc.<p>f, t have unusually sharp overhangs but that&#x27;s the style you&#x27;re going for. I am not a fan of IBM&#x27;s Plex&#x27;s sharp corners either because it ruins the texture of the font. Either make all corners tight or not. Their argument is &quot;Machine + Humans&quot; or &quot;Tight corners + Soft curves&quot; but your eyes don&#x27;t give a shit about those things.<p>a&#x27;s tail is too long<p>A, V have a massive opened corners (usually done for small size readability) but Z, X, Y&#x27;s crotch doesn&#x27;t. You need consistency here.<p>Double-story g is hard to justify in a font based on drafting templates and generally doesn&#x27;t feel like it fits into this type of a typeface. However, its ok to take some liberty here.<p>Fitting needs work first. S&#x27;s side bearings need to be cut down by a lot. o, c, e&#x27;s fitting is much larger than it should be.<p>There is a lot of work to be done here. I am pretty grumpy generally so don&#x27;t take this too seriously. Have fun and hope you&#x27;re enjoying the process!
leephillips大约 4 年前
Looks nice in headings, but I found the text on this page difficult to read. As in, it actually irritated my eyes. I wouldn&#x27;t use this in running text (for which serif fonts are better in any case, as most books on typography recommend).
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gorgoiler大约 4 年前
Amazing work. The character* of the typeface really holds up in the thinnest and heaviest weights and the deliberate open mortising and rounded corners ooze the <i>Rotring</i> vibe.<p>(Typo in final para; “Fabbrica is <i>a</i> solid typeface”.)<p>Did I miss where the name comes from?<p>*sorry
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otabdeveloper4大约 4 年前
&gt; only Latin script<p>I don&#x27;t want to make a flippant comment, but yeah, get with the times and stuff.
ricardobeat大约 4 年前
There is something wrong with the weights or maybe the hinting, at least on the web version. Rendering on windows is thin and spotty at the 300 weight used on the page text, and changing it to 400 makes it semi-bold instead of normal weight.<p>Great design though.
oxfeed65261大约 4 年前
I also think it is quite attractive. The only character which jumped out at me as discordant and jarring was the capital N. It looks like an Old Norse rune, which looks out of place to me in context.
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auslegung大约 4 年前
Nice work! What are some resources you would recommend for someone interested in learning how to design a typeface?
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dandare大约 4 年前
I like the stroke on the lowercase l. IMHO every good typeface should clearly distinguish between l and I.
cosmotic大约 4 年前
Someone please help me understand terms like &#x27;warmth&#x27; in regards to a font. Is this measurable? Is it predictable? Would such a description hold up to a randomized trial? Is it real? artist puffery? total BS?
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Wistar大约 4 年前
This is a face that really appeals to me. Nice, nice work. It reminds me of my father&#x27;s precise lettering on his technical drawings from the 50s, especially the uppercase N.
jccalhoun大约 4 年前
I am pleased that this font uses a lower case l that is clearly distinct from an upper case I. Too many sans serif fonts have l and I that are nearly indistinguishable.
abhinav22大约 4 年前
Looks very nice. I’m not versed in typography but it has a nice mix of mono space and San serif.<p>Might consider it for our company font. Currently use the roboto family
jbluepolarbear大约 4 年前
The weight is all off for me and kerning is too wide.
jeffreygoesto大约 4 年前
I don&#x27;t find the kerning beautiful in the direct comparison with DIN. It looks to wide for my taste.
jwildeboer大约 4 年前
That’s just … spam? Posting a link to a page that tries to sell me a typeface?
bamurphymac1大约 4 年前
I think it’s lovely.
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