New: dtl LetterModeller 7.0

dtl LetterModeller (LeMo) is a first step towards the automation of type-design processes. The application is developed by Dr. Frank E. Blokland, Dr. Jürgen Willrodt, Hartmut Schwarz, and Axel Stoltenberg with exploring and parameterizing of (certain parts of) type-design processes in mind. LeMo is partly the result of Frank E. Blokland’s PhD research at Leiden University on the (effects of) systematization, standardization, and unitization in the Renaissance type-production processes.
        dtl LetterModeller is based on Blokland’s educational program and typographical expertise as Senior Lecturer at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague since 1987, and as Research Fellow at the Plantin Institute of Typography in Antwerp since 1995. The generated models can be used as a direct basis for type design, or supplementary to writing with a broad nib and flat brush.

The current version of LeMo can be used to explore and modify the structure of roman type applying a set of parameters (more information). The generated glyphs can be edited using the internal glyph editor and the outcomes can be exported in the be (Bézier), ikarus and ufo formats and as –currently unhinged– cff- and Truetype-flavoured OpenType fonts. For hinting it is recommended to use the auto-hinter in the afdko for otf fonts and ttfautohint for TrueType fonts.

Free download: macOS (16.9 mb) | Windows 32-/64-bit (30.9 mb) | Linux (23.9 mb)

dtl CompareMaster Light 2.1

The Light edition of dtl CompareMaster can be used for a detailed comparison of OpenType and PostScript Type1 fonts, i.e., of contours, metrics, and hinting. Output options include either summarized or extensive text files, and PostScript plot files.

Free download: macOS (8.8 mb) | Windows (32-/64-bit) (20.3 mb) | Linux (14.5 mb)

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