Hinting Font Variation fonts in VTT 6.2 (New version of VTT)

Mike Duggan

There is a new version of VTT, (6.20), available for download. VTT now allows for the easy addition of hinting to Variable Fonts.  Download VisualTrueType 6.20.

blog post here on Hinting Font Variation fonts in VTT 6.2

James Puckett

You're doing a great job of communicating and educating with regard to VTT, Mike. Thanks.

Georg Seifert

Where can I view hinted variation fonts outside of VTT?

Hin-Tak Leung

@Georg Seifert  : Support for variation fonts is in the current freetype dev code and apparently a new release (2.7.2 or 2.8.0) will be out soon, hopefully in a matter of days.

Georg Seifert

But is there an actual app (like a web browser) that can show this?

Malcolm Wooden

Mike, does this version only hint Variable Fonts or will it hint single master fonts also?

Mike Duggan

hi Malcolm. yes of course, the upgrade is to support hinting for Variable fonts, but works exactly as before for Single Master fonts.

attar

Georg Seifert said:

But is there an actual app (like a web browser) that can show this?

I think Safari Preview can.

James Puckett

Adrien Tétar said:

Georg Seifert said:

But is there an actual app (like a web browser) that can show this?

I think Safari Preview can.

Mac OS ignores hints.

John Hudson

Georg, as I understand it, you should be able to view named instances from a variable TTF in MS Edge browser.

GregHitchcock

Georg, any DWrite or GDI app (modulo some obscure rendering modes an app might choose) should support this style of hinting when running on Windows 10 Creators Update.

Mike Duggan

the Selewik variations font is available for download here
https://github.com/unicode-org/text-rendering-tests/tree/master/fonts

Try it out in the new VTT, version 6.2