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Re: Free open source tool for making color font
In your video you said that COLRv1 doesn't work in Firefox. Actually, it does work in Firefox starting at version 107. See "colrv1" | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc1 -
Re: When designing italics should a curve's side handles be 90º or slanted to the italic angle?
For me being old-school in this regard, on-curve points at the extrema are the norm, and I would only deviate from that with a “very good reason.” If I am slanting as a starting point for an italic, …2 -
Re: When designing italics should a curve's side handles be 90º or slanted to the italic angle?
I'm very surprised to hear vertical handles are the norm. I always do slanted handles because the Glyphs tutorials seem to suggest that...? Something to do with sidebearings not being well-defined ot…1 -
Re: When designing italics should a curve's side handles be 90º or slanted to the italic angle?
Typically the handles should be 90 degs but there are occurrences/reasons where this isn't always possible due to the design of a typeface. An example I often use for 'odd' node handle placement is I…2 -
Re: When designing italics should a curve's side handles be 90º or slanted to the italic angle?
As fare as I know, it is technically OK to have slanted handles. Except if you like to do a very crisp TrueType hinting (you shouldn’t). But if the shapes look better (not the curves, the look of the…3 -
Re: When designing italics should a curve's side handles be 90º or slanted to the italic angle?
90° handles, always.6 -
Re: Professional Indemnity insurance
In response to the increasingly widespread practice of limiting indemnity clauses in contracts to the maximum insured value, I've taken out a PI policy that has an upper limit of €10.3 -
Re: New: Origin of Type Frameworks (OTF) Course
We have now received the first requests for information and even registrations. I have also added a few lines to the description of the OTF course: ‘As for the font editors applied and discussed, stu…3 -
Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit
Hey! Now it looks more like something I was working on. 😠 Just kidding! 😜1 -
Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit
Smells like a settlement. Spectral won in court but lost in the wallet?1
