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Re: Inferior characters
Thank you John, I see your point and I was aware of the fact that math composing is different. However, what if such letters appear also in a bit of running text (like in the 2nd image)? What if they…1 -
Re: Leaving out the standard ligatures – problems?
Layout features generally don’t change the encoding of the underlying text, as far as I know. (There are some edge cases where the underlying text is lost)2 -
Re: Leaving out the standard ligatures – problems?
Putting this code in 'liga' makes absolutely no sense, but I can see some benefits for including it in 'ccmp'. Then any hardcoded ligatures in the document would be decomposed an…2 -
Re: Leaving out the standard ligatures – problems?
The Substitution only works if you have a fi glyph in the font. The best solution (IMHO) is to have a fi that looks like a f and an i and no liga feature. Then, in the rare occasion that someone type…4 -
Re: Leaving out the standard ligatures – problems?
If your font lacks hard-coded fi and fl and you copy/paste a text including them, wouldn't they cause tofu or fallback? Outdated or not, it's still likely to come up every now and then acro…1 -
Re: Embedding in public PDF specimen (outline or not outline text)?
I've always included full character sets in my PDF specimens, even though I know the risks. I believe the whole point of these specimens is to show people what they will be getting when they lic…4 -
Re: Smallcaps Numerals?
Yes, there are other fonts with smallcap numerals. Typically they are implemented in the c2sc feature, rather than smcp.3 -
Re: Embedding in public PDF specimen (outline or not outline text)?
I see no reason to make the PDF easily editable unless there might be a need for the end user to edit the file. There's really no reason to embed the entire character set of a font in the docum…3 -
Re: Hebrew need for another mark in unicode - Sheva Na, Dagesh Hazeq
@"John Hudson" thanks for engaging on this topic. I haven't found a case where my font's context rules fail, but the idea that they might fail keeps me up at night. So, your ZWNJ …1 -
Re: Embedding in public PDF specimen (outline or not outline text)?
Regarding the main question: if anyone wants to steal their fonts they will find a way to do that. Focus on doing the best possible job to help your paying customers find your fonts, like your fonts,…13
