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Re: Affinity 2.0
Yes, footnotes, endnotes and side notes. All of which can be used in conjunction with each other. However, without the ability to map styles, text import is still a pita. As well, too many reports o…1 -
Re: Interpolation - Smooth to Sharp Transition
Zero-length handles have traditionally been a problem in conversion of cubic (PS, CFF) curves to quadratic (TTF) curves. As Thomas says, in a variable font design, there are places where it is intent…1 -
Re: Website development - looking for recommendations
I've been a happy customer of Kenneth Ormandy and Kabisa for a couple of years now!1 -
Re: Inconsistent overshoots?
Your top-of-serif won’t get its overshoot controlled. That means it will not get rounded down to the x-height at any particular size, and may sometimes visible float above the x-height—especially at …2 -
Re: Interpolation - Smooth to Sharp Transition
If you have a real curve, in a non-variable font, and one handle is retracted onto the on-curve point, that is usually just sloppy. In variable fonts, there are cases where such constructions are not…2 -
Re: What to do about our fonts after we die?
in my mind I my mind I was thinking you could potentially use one of those places as your digital locker, set it all up with them ahead of time and then have it in your will that they release them?1 -
Re: Inconsistent overshoots?
Strange, I always have the urge to give /s/ slightly larger overshoots than /o/. Perhaps it's because I'm thinking of humanist sanses with relatively narrow (and thus pointy) /s/.1 -
Re: Inconsistent overshoots?
Absolutely, overshoot can be expected to vary between glyphs, when different shapes are involved. Flatter/wider elements need less overshoot, pointier/smaller bits need more. The old terminology from…4 -
Re: What to do about our fonts after we die?
just to clarify this:• I have not been ‘insisting’ on anything.• I have not made any ad hominem remarks about you personally.• I have merely stated that “to have children or not is definitely not irr…-1 -
Re: What to do about our fonts after we die?
I fear that this discussion is getting too political, and this is probably not the best place for such a debate. I had a major part in that, so I apologize for derailing the conversation. I will resp…1
