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Re: Does Mark to Mark, depends on Mark to Base?
The fallback behavior that John describes is actually a generic fallback in the World-Ready Composer, not applicable just to Hebrew.If any base character is followed by a combining mark, then one of …2 -
Re: Shouldn't italic be an OpenType feature?
Contrary to what Mark learned, the scheme advocated by The Chicago Manual of Style (15th Edition, 2003, anyway; not sure if they changed in the 17th) is that “all punctuation marks should appear in t…5 -
Re: Shouldn't italic be an OpenType feature?
Italic in the same font as Roman is a conceptual component of the variable font format.David Jonathan Ross recently explored this in an interesting way: https://djr.com/notes/roslindale-variable-ital…1 -
Re: autohint: AFDKO vs FontForge
That difference in hinting of the “middle bar” is worth paying attention to. The slight curvature to that element will get lost at smaller sizes and lower resolutions. When it does, the FF hinting wi…1 -
Re: text serif a, u, d
Manual. Punch cutters were certainly capable of amazing precision and craftsmanship. I’m just not sure how much experience Binny would have when he and Ronaldson decided to start their foundry. Also,…3
