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Re: Making JSTF better
(I’ve realised I didn’t even get into the JstfMax idea, which works beautifully for the space glyph but for everything else just raises the question “but how am I meant to stretch/shrink it?” And is …1 -
Re: How to design a curve
There are two ways to answer this question, a facetious one and a serious one. The facetious answer is: yes, there exists a mathematical description of an efficient, pleasing curve that you describe.…4 -
Reverse chained contextual substitution?
Has anyone ever implemented GSUB type 8 lookups? Yannis Haralambous' book tells me that it was specifically designed for Urdu but I'm not sure I believe him, and I don't know of any Urdu fonts that u…1 -
Re: Type Tricks (Sofie Beier)
Designing Type is a great book but with a terrible title. It should be called Measurements and Proportions of Various Sans and Serif Latin Letters. It tells you very little about the mechanics of the…9 -
Re: Proofreaders needed for a tutorial on extending a Latin set
Preface * "extension of a Basic Latin glyph set in the various" should be "with". * That first sentence is way too long anyway; consider splitting (1) after "best familiar wi…3
