IC/Discussion on beige set

[matt3o]

The colors in the samples above are "hi-pro" clones. I like them for SA, but for DSA they will be probably cream/beige or cream/grey.

[yeeeargh]

varela+humanist

varela-mod.png

helvetica:

helvetica-neu.png

Although I like the helvetica alpha, mods, symbols and numbers are pretty boring.

; and : are mixed up in those templates

[matt3o]

I hope you people will be so alert with the final version too

[Kurk]

Just two more suggestions for fonts

Neuzeit Office Soft Rounded
seems like a good font for dye subbing
http://www.linotype.com/617033/NeuzeitO ... amily.html

Neuzeit Office Soft Rounded Bold

Neuzeit Office Rounded Bold.jpg (45.08 KiB) Viewed 9760 times

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And here's my favorite, Camphor
http://www.linotype.com/769661/CamphorC ... oduct.html

Camphor Bold

Camphor Bold.jpg (40.15 KiB) Viewed 9760 times

[7bit]

Erhem.

Desktop fonts are designed to be installed on your computer for use with applications such as Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop. They are licensed per computer.

[matt3o]

are you raising a copyright issue?

[7bit]

I recommend to use a free font and save some money.

[input]

1) DSA PBT Dye-Sub from SP

Definitely looks like the best option to me, looks like you guys have it under control

For fonts I am liking Helvetica, I guess I am boring and want my Filco to look like my Model M.

[Elrick]

I recommend to use a free font and save some money.

Never thought about that. Like kids we see a typeface that appeals to us yet have no idea if it can be used in our (matt3o's) key-cap production.

I do not know where you go to download and use "FREE" fonts because theoretically speaking every Type face can be owned by a corporation wanting copyright payments down the road. Plus I've seen some of those so-called Free-Fonts and they are usually quite 'fugly'.

If Helvetica is the one in the "Free-camp" then please use that. At least have a nice structured font that is easy on the eyes and comes out perfect with the DSA - pbt cap production.

[matt3o]

I own a Mac so I have a license for Helvetica Neue. CoreHumanist and Varela are both open fonts.

[matt3o]

PLEASE does anyone have the PBT color ring?! Could you post high res picture of all whites and all beige/greys together?

thanks a bunch!

[Muirium]

A pure white paper background would be good too, as it allows later white balance calibration.

[matt3o]

even better pure white MATTE plastic or one of those MATTE photo papers

I really can't calibrate the very bad picture on SP site.

[pasph]

you need a matte surface (no reflections) to calibrate

[matt3o]

better? a white paper is not enough unless it's really (really) thick

[Muirium]

Erhem.

Desktop fonts are designed to be installed on your computer for use with applications such as Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop. They are licensed per computer.

are you raising a copyright issue?

I recommend to use a free font and save some money.

I own a Mac so I have a license for Helvetica Neue. CoreHumanist and Varela are both open fonts.

Yes, Matteo's right. The license is about restrictions on copying the font files, not about restricting where you can print them. All the screenshots and samples in this thread are perfectly allowed; just the .otf or .ttf etc. font files themselves are prohibited. Whatever work you do with fonts is your work. Even just single letters to put on caps.

Speaking of classic fonts you'll find alongside Helvetica, here are some famous characters.

Stanley Kubrick might approve:


Ever ridden on the tube?


Nothing says late 60s/70s corporate mainframe chic like:


But honestly: Helvetica Neue!

[matt3o]

veto on Eurostyle

Futura looks good actually

[pasph]

Futura oblique is the Filco font

[Muirium]

Futura is fantastic. You can vary the weight quite a bit. Bundled in OS X.

[kbdfr]

[…] Yes, Matteo's right. The license is about restrictions on copying the font files, not about restricting where you can print them. All the screenshots and samples in this thread are perfectly allowed; just the .otf or .ttf etc. font files themselves are prohibited. Whatever work you do with fonts is your work. Even just single letters to put on caps. […]

Sorry to disagree.
If you publish a book using a font which is copyright protected, you clearly infringe on the copyright owner's rights. Fonts are art work, same as logos or photographs. You are not allowed to reproduce them for other than own purposes.
And a GB is clearly the opposite of "own purposes", as it precisely intends to disseminate the keycaps.

[Muirium]

There's a second license you need for use when selling works?

No sign of it here:

Buy a licence of Helvetica. Problem solved.
If you are on a Mac, Helvetica is a system font. Therefore legal to use in commercial work.

It is worth noting that a standard license will only cover you for traditional print publication and not any kind of commercial digital distribution that requires embedding of the font data.

That's precisely my understanding too. The protected property is the font file itself. You can print it on anything you like, and sell as you wish. So long as you're not copying someone else's trademarked logo. (A whole other matter.)

[yeeeargh]

as far as i know a font is a piece of software. copyright is for the font itself, like if you can share it with others, edit it and so on. if you buy a fontfance you buy a license which states on how many pcs you can install it and how you can use it. depenting on how you want to use the font it might be necessary to buy a different license for it. some licenses only grant personal use, other commercial usage, if you can embedd it into webpages, ebooks, pdfs and so on.

so, read the eula of to particular font to know what you can do with it.

[matt3o]

thank for the heads up guys. I'll review the EULA very carefully for each fonts we are going to use.

[kbdfr]

[…] The protected property is the font file itself. You can print it on anything you like, and sell as you wish. […]

Would you buy a CD and argue that it is a font file, so you can copy the music to any digital medium you like and sell it as you wish?
Exactly like music, fonts are art work created by authors who can decide how they want to license it.

[kbdfr]

[…] The protected property is the font file itself. You can print it on anything you like, and sell as you wish. […]

Would you buy a CD and argue that it is just a file, so you can copy the music to any digital medium you like and sell it as you wish?
Exactly like music, fonts are art work created by authors who can decide how they want to license it.


Edit:

thank for the heads up guys. I'll review the EULA very carefully for each fonts we are going to use.

That's my point.

[matt3o]

GMK just replied saying that they are not going to lower the MOQ in any way. So...

[Muirium]

Edit:

thank for the heads up guys. I'll review the EULA very carefully for each fonts we are going to use.

That's my point.

Fair enough. Now where did Apple put the EULAs for its bundled fonts…

GMK just replied saying that they are not going to lower the MOQ in any way. So...

Option 3 is off the table, and SP got themselves the business once again.

[yeeeargh]

Fair enough. Now where did Apple put the EULAs for its bundled fonts…

Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may use the fonts included with the Apple Software to display and print content while running the Apple Software;

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide ... -licensing

[pasph]

This is a real retro font

[7bit]

Bad typewriter font FTW!