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Talk Python To Me

#47: Python in Typeface and Font Development

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8635 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week on Talk Python To Me, we'll dive into the world of typeface and font development. Even though we spend our days immersed in fonts, from our computer interfaces, signs, books, television and more, much of the process and thinking about fonts is invisible to us. If we dig into font development, we'd see that Python is a key component of the font developer's toolkit.

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0:00.0

This week on Talk Python to Me, we'll dive into the world of typeface and font development.

0:05.0

Even though we spend our days immersed in fonts, from computer interfaces, signs, books, televisions, and more,

0:11.0

much of the process and thinking about fonts is invisible to us.

0:15.0

If we did dig into font development, we'd see that Python is a key component of the font developers toolkit.

0:24.4

This week, we have a very special guest to tell us all about it.

0:30.0

We'll talk to Yustfenrussum about how he has helped pioneer the use of Python for font development.

0:34.9

This is episode number 47, recorded February 3rd, 2016.

0:38.3

I'm a developer, developers, developers, developers, I'm a developer in many senses of the word, because I make these applications, but I also use these verbs to make this music.

0:46.3

I constructed line by line, just like when I'm coding another software design.

0:50.9

In both cases, it's about design patterns.

0:54.0

Anyone can get the job done.

0:55.4

It's the execution that matters.

0:57.1

I have many interests.

0:58.7

Sometimes.

0:59.0

Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.

1:06.5

This is your host, Michael Kennedy.

1:08.0

Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.

1:10.1

Keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at talk python. And follow the show on Twitter via at Talk Python. This episode is brought to you by Hired and SnapCi. Thank them for supporting the show on Twitter via at Hired underscore HQ and at Snap underscore CI.

1:27.3

Hey everyone. I have a great conversation with Used on Tap today.

1:30.7

But before we get to that, I want to give you a quick update on my online course project.

1:35.0

Recall from last week, I announced I'm starting work on a large set of online training

1:39.5

courses for Python.

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