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Re: DSType selling part of its collection to Monotype
"When Monotype buys a foundry, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a foundry refuses Monotype's offer, that is news."4 -
Re: Any app that support OpenType "rand" feature?
Try AAAAA in https://github.com/simoncozens/feature-tags/blob/gh-pages/css/fonts/Feature%20Sans.ttf1 -
Re: Optical Kerning technique for complex Arabic urdu fonts using external tool
Here is a plugin for FEZ which provides automatic kerning for Urdu fonts: https://github.com/googlefonts/Gulzar/blob/main/qalamTools/NastaliqKerning.py1 -
Re: Definition of 'shaping engine'? (Or, what is HarfBuzz?)
You can find some of the challenges (the reason why shaping is not enough for layout) here, (I really should finish that chapter someday) and some of the differences between shaping and layout here.1 -
Re: Definition of 'shaping engine'? (Or, what is HarfBuzz?)
I define a shaping engine as a piece of software which maps Unicode codepoints to glyphs and their expected positions, in response to the conventions of the script and the rules in the font.2
