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Notes from the studio: new typefaces, how they are drawn, and how to use and license them.

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The word minimum set too tight, well spaced and too loose Type design The invisible half of a font: spacing Everyone notices the shapes of letters. Few notice the space between them, yet it decides whether a word reads as a word. A short guide to spacing and kerning. The names AI Kerning, AI Spacing, AI Anchors and AI Variable Font in increasing weights Tools Måns AI Tools: kerning, spacing, anchors and variable fonts in Glyphs Four plugins for Glyphs that kern, space, place anchors and build a variable font from a single style. Free on A–Z and a–z; one license unlocks the whole font.