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Re: Palatino in book publishing
In Brazil, the huge publisher Companhia das Letras uses Palatino in all their biographies. They publish every kind of book, but use different typefaces for each category.1 -
Re: Are these enough nodes to draw up an oval with just 2 points? Nothing to do with hinting
I've experimented with 2-point ellipses for fonts with decorative dots, going all the way back to Fake Receipt in 1997. But as John pointed out, the quadratic curve conversion is a problem. Try it, a…1 -
Re: Are these enough nodes to draw up an oval with just 2 points? Nothing to do with hinting
For most font purposes, and at least some graphics purposes, I would say that designing an oval that way is “bad.” But the context matters—a lot. Otherwise we don’t know what might be rendering these…1 -
Re: What’s happening with FontBakery? Is Fontspector the future?
This is really good advice; thank you, John. I'll update the instructions to avoid "binary". "Tool" is a great compromise because I suspect that "app" will make people t…3 -
Re: Are these enough nodes to draw up an oval with just 2 points? Nothing to do with hinting
Cubic Bézier curves cannot describe circular and elliptic arcs exactely. The semicircle shown, for example, would normally be approximated using the Bézier control points (1, 0), (1, 4/3), (-1, 4/3),…3 -
Re: Which is the best free font editor?
To clarify once again: I truly appreciate that free software is available for type design. FontForge, in particular, offers a wide range of useful features. If you're creating a single font, it's ent…1 -
Re: Are these enough nodes to draw up an oval with just 2 points? Nothing to do with hinting
Ovals and circles are both kinds of ellipse. A circle is an ellipse in which all points along the circumfrence are equal distance from the centre. An oval is an eccentric ellipse in which the distanc…2 -
Re: Are these enough nodes to draw up an oval with just 2 points? Nothing to do with hinting
In what context are you asking the question? If this relates to font making, then I would ask what your two-node oval looks like when converted to quadratic curves? That’s always one of my thoughts w…3 -
Re: What’s happening with FontBakery? Is Fontspector the future?
Thank you for letting me know! I have just successfully installed FontBakery on Python 3.13.7. Everything is working perfectly.1 -
Re: What’s happening with FontBakery? Is Fontspector the future?
I have now added a much more detailed installation guide and most of a usage guide (which can still be improved) to Fontspector.1
