Hinting Font Variation fonts in VTT 6.2 (New version of VTT)
Mike Duggan
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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
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You're doing a great job of communicating and educating with regard to VTT, Mike. Thanks.1
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Where can I view hinted variation fonts outside of VTT?0
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@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.0
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But is there an actual app (like a web browser) that can show this?
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Mike, does this version only hint Variable Fonts or will it hint single master fonts also?
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hi Malcolm. yes of course, the upgrade is to support hinting for Variable fonts, but works exactly as before for Single Master fonts.0
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Georg Seifert said:But is there an actual app (like a web browser) that can show this?0
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Adrien Tétar said:Georg Seifert said:But is there an actual app (like a web browser) that can show this?0
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Georg, as I understand it, you should be able to view named instances from a variable TTF in MS Edge browser.0
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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.1
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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
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