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Re: Why are composite glyphs not used whenever possible in exported TTF files?
I can imagine one reason why sometimes it might not be preferable for certain glyphs to be made of composites: hinting.3 -
Re: How do I set up various IJ digraphs in my typeface?
The Dutch /ij is not a ligature, it is a digraph which means that it is just a combination of two seperate letters. In lowercase the use of a connected form for /ij is rarely preferable unless one t…3 -
Re: Extracting FEA from a opentype font
Why do you need to extract this data from the binaries if Adobe has made all the source files for this font available? Mark’s comment has nothing to do with copyright infringement. If you extract dat…5 -
Re: glyf (i.e. contour) analysis reports on libre fonts.
A tool to add extreme points can be helpful but it should be optional. The OT spec does not dictate that outlines must have extreme points. Remove overlap is indeed helpful but should also be optiona…2 -
Re: glyf (i.e. contour) analysis reports on libre fonts.
Depend on the meaning of Freedom I guess. To me that means that my tools do not get in my way, and that I will have full control over the result. If you’ve ever designed an italic you might have had…3
