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Re: Slightly differentiating a glyph’s instances
We applied a similar OpenType contextual code at FontBureau in the Magnet style of Cyrus Highsmith’s Icebox font. I worked with Cyrus on the “randomization” features. Of course, the {calt} feature is…2 -
Re: Slightly differentiating a glyph’s instances
If you look closely at the examples in the image, the basic glyph contour, with its distinctive bumps, does not really change. What does seem to be varied is a combination of glyph width via scaling …4 -
Re: Implementing OpenType calt or init with Latin script in 2024
Given that the OP states that the default I in the font is currently the one with crossbars, intended for use at the beginning of a word, it seems to me it would be easier in this case to simply have…3 -
Re: Serifed Schwa
You anticipated my follow-up question, as I got to wondering how easy licensing would have been to work out under MT. 😬 😆2 -
Re: The Number sign—now and then—across languages.
For what it’s worth, in metal days the octothorpe-style number sign would not have been supplied as part of a standard font of type. And it would not have been style-specific. It would have been avai…6
