Stephen Nixon's Projects
A test-run of the static site generator, 11ty
The utility of an 80% keyboard in a 40% layout
Links to go along with a lecture of advice to college students
Applying AGL (Adobe Glyph List) names to a font based on Unicode values assigned to glyphs
Scripts for random stuff in GlyphsApp
Scripts I find useful in RoboFont. Many come from the forum or other public sources. I try to include credits in code documentation.
A Python API to access data from the Google Fonts variable fonts Axis Registry.
A test repo for debugging a potential Python install issue
Notes on type design & development
A public repo to get help in debugging 11ty questions
A place to store & share useful starter character sets for type design in RoboFont.
cross-platform display typography in python
A quick test of new features in DesignspaceProblems
The open-source repo for docs.github.com
A test font to test the rendering of component dots on macOS
DrawBot scripts to loop through all glyphs of a built font binary (TTF or OTF), e.g. for use in proofing & SVG icon font conversion
A demo of how to use DrawBot in VS Code rather than its standalone app
Testing Figma’s support for variable fonts that contain *only* an Optical Size axis
Monospaced font with programming ligatures
Font quality assurance tool written in Python 3.
The replacement for RoboFab
Font files available from Google Fonts
An introduction to FontTools & font development
Git Repository for Fraunces Font Family
Prototyping for a URL configuration flow on the Recursive minisite for the Google Fonts API v2
Misc tools for working with the Google Fonts library
Tool that renders mirrored glyph in the background