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Re: OTF Variable fonts
One concern to note is that Variable OTFs struggle with hinting overlapping contours. So if you need to preserve overlaps, generating a variable TTF is the better bet right now—at least if you intend…1 -
Re: Autohinting Variable Fonts
@"John Hudson" That's correct. You need to have a post table version 2 in order for it to work completely correctly. The script uses FontTools' getGlyphOrder() function, which will fall bac…2 -
Re: Autohinting Variable Fonts
@"Peter Baker" I wrote a little python library that will resolve the GID issue. You need to pass the old VTT source ttf file, and the new ttf file and it'll sort things out :).3 -
Re: Autohinting Variable Fonts
@"Rafał Buchner" @"Viktor Rubenko" Having done quite a bit of hinting for Microsoft (including variable fonts), I feel particularly well-positioned to answer your question :) VTT …8 -
Re: OTF Variable fonts
This issue is being resolved in the upcoming FreeType 2.10.3, though it requires that the OVERLAP_SIMPLE and OVERLAP_COMPOUND flags are set for the specific glyphs (which most variable ttf fonts pro…2
