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Viktor Nübel
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Working With Type // Type Design // Custom Type // Font Stuff // Graphic Design //

[bridged from https://typo.social/@workingwithtype on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Herre we go: Fonts & Ai has started... https://typograph.studio/ 🙄

Has anyone ever heard of this?
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So selten, das Schriften in den Nachrichten sind und wenn, dann sind es meist schlechte...

Marco Rubio: US-Außenministerium ändert Schriftart in Abkehr von Inklusionsprogramm | DIE ZEIT https://share.google/M1T9MpPLRsjqE8Lu0
Marco Rubio: US-Außenministerium ändert Schriftart in Abkehr von Inklusionsprogramm
Der frühere Außenminister hatte Calibri wegen der Lesbarkeit für Menschen mit Behinderung zum Standard gemacht. Marco Rubio will nun zu Times New Roman zurückkehren.
www.zeit.de
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Sent from my new Fairphone! 😀
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🧑‍💻 There were a few updates on #fontdrop recently, many small adjustments but also two big ones:

1️⃣ – Performance
You can now drop your 15MB CJK #fonts on FontDrop! without freezing the browser. There is now a "Load more" functionality for the rendering of the […]

[Original post on typo.social]
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It is just a small thing in #fontdrop — for variable fonts FontDrop will now also show the specific axis values for a predifined instance (this was not shown before).

➡️ https://fontdrop.info/

...
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Checking CJK fonts in #fontdrop is slow, but also fun..
October 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
☝️Some really good type links here:

:bookmarker: https://rosaliewagner.com/type-links/
Type links
rosaliewagner.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
✅ Added another little exrtra on #fontdrop : There is a copy to clipboard button now for #Unicode glyphs in the glyphs overview for quickly copying characters.
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
There is a new subpage on #fontdrop -- Advance Width Report:

It sorts the glyphs of a given font by width.

There are predefined character groups, such as uppercase and lowercase letters. There's a text input for adding additional characters and a tolerance […]

[Original post on typo.social]
September 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
📢
Before the summer break starts I've added a vertical metrics report to #fonttdrop!

Quickly displays and shows all the https://fontdrop.info/#/vmetrics metrics values of a #font file.

Check here:
https://fontdrop.info/#/vmetrics

(Bug fixing after the summer break 🙃)
July 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📝 Two tiny updates on FontDrop!

1️⃣ New preview font
2️⃣ Added a print style, for better output of printed PDFs

https://fontdrop.info/
FontDrop!
Simple and easy way to view the content of font files.
fontdrop.info
July 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Just for font! -- For the release of Salou I've created a series of so called #fontfacts ... an alternative specimen experiment on Instagram. Now you can read all the facts in one place:

https://viktornuebel.medium.com/salou-fontfacts-bfee9d4efcdb

.. if you like to. 🙂
Salou #fontfacts
For the publication of the typeface Salou, I’ve created a fun series of font facts as an alternative font specimen. This was originally…
viktornuebel.medium.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy weekend..
June 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
buymeacoffee.com/fontdrop/c/13748137

... I really appreciate the coffee support for FontDrop! There are many ideas for an updated/next version of FontDrop! in my head, but it will probably need a some extra coffee push one day. ☕ ☕ ☕
May 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I had a short talk with @rainerklute about how to use OpenType ligatures in an icon font for screen reader accessibility in PDFs. Video in German here: youtu.be/zC9BvE8JoRs
Rainer Klute (@[email protected])
4.31K Posts, 274 Following, 240 Followers · → helfe bei InDesign-Problemen → mache Dokumente »barrierefrei« → verstehe Designvorgaben und gestalte passend, pragmatisch, mitdenkend
mastodon.design
April 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Der Fontograf! -- A new type design Tool by @fontlab ?? 😜

... automatic translation can be pretty entertaining! The new big thing after Photoshop and Autocorrect-Fails.
April 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just discovered: A new typeface / project by @underware in cooperation with Microsoft: Kermit

https://www.kermit-font.com/

'... pushes the boundaries of typography'!
Underware (@[email protected])
335 Posts, 284 Following, 884 Followers · Type foundry (founded in 1999 by Akiem Helmling 🤯, Sami Kortemäki 😎 and Bas Jacobs 😊) based in Den Haag, Helsinki and Amsterdam. #type #typography #grammatography #chirography #scripts #fonts #reading #writing #calligraphy #design #futureiswritten
typo.social
April 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Because this question has come up a few times, here is a way to use FontDrop! as an offline app.. https://viktornuebel.medium.com/use-fontdrop-offline-fc08a4a6fcb3
Use FontDrop! Offline
Because this question or wish has come up a few times, here is a quick and simple way to use FontDrop! as an offline standalone app.
viktornuebel.medium.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
📝 The few articles I've published on Medium are now also linked on the website ➡️ https://viktornuebel.com/blog/
Blog - Working With Type
All article are published on Medium. There is also an RSS-Feed that you can follow.
viktornuebel.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM