I've just e-mailed Leslie to see if he can't shed some light on this matter.

Eben and anyone interested. Leslie is still selling it from his site -- http://www.flashfonts.com/ [or] http://www.logofontandlettering.com/bookorder.html -- he has only 200 copies left. Order now!

I called him & ordered a copy. Thanks Tiff!

By the way,

He said that if people want to request that a certain aspect of fontlab be given fuller treatment in a future book or if they have a crit of the book they should contact him with that info.

Get one (or two) while you can - looks like this classic is selling for $46 now...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/offer-listing/1558284478/ref=dp_olp_2//...

Does anyone know who that is on page 40? That stuff about getting a tablet makes me laugh for some reason... I'm completely off-topic, as usual.

That is Leslie hamming it up for his own book.

> Is it because there is a new version for FL 5.0?

No. Because of his next title: "Learn To Order Fast"

:)

The best part of ordering directly from Leslie is that you get an autographed copy.

David, I take it you are not a fan?

At TypeCon05 in San Francisco, Leslie's book Logo, Font & Lettering Bible sold like hot-cakes. His approach to education -- always with humor -- is something that people found useful.

"His approach to education — always with humor"

We can't be hav'in no humor 'round here! Type is SERIOUS business!

ChrisL

> David, I take it you are not a fan?

I'm a fan. Just a joke. Just a joke (maybe not the best one)

:)

I tend to be boringly serious about this type of thing. But even I like Leslie's books.
More than the humor, I think it's the energy that does it for me.

hhp

>His approach to education — always with humor

Fortuantely all you need do is read the blurb on the back of the book to get a preview of his writing style.

>Is it because there is a new version for FL 5.0?

The blurb says the book is for versions 4.6 and 5.0 but a second edition would be great!

Si

I had some reservations about buying it because I think I have a pretty decent handle on basic Fontlab stuff now, apart of course, from all the fancy Open type goodness I bought it for. :-P

Leslie said that Open type isn't really the focus of the book per se even if it does deal with it a little. Still, I am betting that there are insights, even if they deal mostly with production & working techniques waiting there for me.

Well, I'll let you know what I think after I get it & try it out I suppose...

This is my first post here, so: »Hello everybody«. Seems to be a very good place here. After reading this thread I found Leslies´ little dedication on the first page of my copy. That´s so nice. Made me smile

I tremendously enjoyed working with Leslie on the book as technical editor. We spoke on the phone several times and I taught Leslie a few things about the dark sides of font technology.

But quite frankly, I have lived to see four spreads from the book. When I first saw pages 50 to 57, it was like a revelation to me. I was always a bit confused about drawing in FontLab myself until Leslie laid it out to me on these four spreads. This is the most comprehensive overview of drawing in FontLab and so much to the point.

Altogether, every single page of the book is useful.

Leslie's writing style shows off when you read the back cover of the book. But you should wish you had seen the alternate biographies for him and me that he originally planned to put there. That was completely insane stuff! :)

Go grab a copy while Leslie still has some!

Best,
Adam

"But you should wish you had seen the alternate biographies for him and me that he originally planned to put there."

Care to share them with us?

ChrisL

It cracked me up when I saw where he put the photo of the FontLab programming team: Right in the index under "FontLab Team," followed by their names and page number--all the same as the page it's on!

And then there is this:

http://www.robotjohnny.com/2005/04/07/fontlab-boobery/

sorry to be bumping up an old thread, but has anyone heard when there might be a v. 2.0 of Learn Fontlab Fast? i was thinking of buying the current edition, but i can't find it here in Europe and having read somewhere that he's working on a new edition i might as well hold off for that one.

I had heard that might be one too. You could ask him. If there is it will probably available directly from him like the 1st one is.