Because historically, font design software supports Python? (For this "historically" see previous answers.) I don't think there is more than that to it. Python itself is not inherently &quo… (View Post)
The purpose of ligatures is to provide an alternative for clashing or overlapping characters. The /f ligatures you mention are merely the most famous example, because in a lot of fonts the overhang o… (View Post)
John, that page is not in the most recent update list (it's still dated April 2017, not July as they others are). I think this is mentioned on the Common Tables page: In 1.8.0 it reads So, the relaxe… (View Post)