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Fonts, typefaces, copyright. What must a designer know? What’s the workflow?

Here are some resources to chew on:

https://99designs.com/designer-blog/2012/07/30/typefaces-the-good-the-bad-and-the-legal/

http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/03/font-law-licensing/

An interesting comment:

elev8 • 5 years ago

Rather than sift through thousands of fonts on my system, if I think that a project needs a specific style of font, I will go to a font site, type in the words on the typeface viewer, enlarge as big as I can, make a screenshot then re-size the pixels in Genuine Fractals Photoshop extension, import and live trace to b/w in illustrator and there create the design from there.Once the project is won, I purchase the license for use as all other occurrences of typefaces are simply concept deliveries and do not qualify as finished art. That way, I pay respects to the typeface designer and pay my dues and don't feel like I have cheated anyone.Sounds like a bit of mucking around but it is actually quite quick, allows you to search of typeface styles and other tags (unlike Suitcase etc) and doesn't clutter my system with thousands of fonts that I'll never need.

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"an open source vector graphics scripting framework that runs on top of the HTML5 Canvas"

Fast-forward to Now.

I’m checking out paper.js, a vector graphics javascript library for the HTML5 Canvas - and I’m really digging it!

The awesome part is the team behind it. These guys made the Scriptographer plugin for Adobe Illustrator (with which I’m not accustomed to, just played a bit with ExtendScript), but being fed up with Adobe frequently breaking their API and other hassles, they decided to jumpwagon and produce for the web.

So you’ll find a lot of Illustrator-based workflow in Paper.js. You get to code with concepts like Points, Paths, Strokes, Fills, CompoundPaths, Shapes, Layers, Projects, Blend Modes, the like.

The other cool part is they’ve been using and developing it as a learning tool in the art and dev classes they teach - and it’s been heavily polished over continuous feedback.

Animation capabilities seem to be really flexible and powerful thanks to the baked in Vector Mathematics.

Check out their examples and showcase for less blabber.

#tools #javascript #paper.js

Hi.

Me. I enjoyed drawing and doodling when I was a kid-kid. I liked imagining movie-scripts, sketching comic strips, producing beats or writing lyrics. I played around with graphics software, modded a bit of Max Payne, modeled some custom weapons. Made some small to tiny film projects. Applied for Movie Directing, ended up in Computer Science.

As a grownup-kid, I’m officially a programmer. But I’d like to officially be more of a ‘creative dude’. Not that programming isn’t an Art but, you know.

So I’ve started getting real with what grown-ups call a waste of time. YAY!

Here’s where you can follow my journey as I dive deeper and actually strive to master stuff like drawing - paper and digital, vector graphics, animations, 3D modeling, interactive and generative art - gotta profit from them Dev skills yo.

And who knows what else.

Please enjoy my poor Shoop representation of an Egghead dude, above.

Happy whatever!

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