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Re: Vertical metrics standards
this strikes me as pretty aggressive. there are cases where, for example, the x-height changes sufficiently across an axis that you might want to introduce more vertical breathing room by default. wo…1 -
Re: When designing italics should a curve's side handles be 90º or slanted to the italic angle?
I like italic handles at 90 degrees because it's easier for me to draw them that way. faster, too, when my decisions are limited to moving a node along a straight line3 -
Re: Making JSTF better
interesting, hadn’t seen newbreak the first time around, I’m going to give it a try. looks really nice, simon! I’ve recently built a font renderer for three.js (more on that soon) and for layout it i…1 -
Re: Accented letters in font names
figma is the major exception that I am aware of. it's annoying; font names appear correctly in the menu that displays the font once it's selected, but they fail in the font selection menu itself. I …1 -
Re: Who likes non-destructive transformations, and floating-point coordinates?
Great topic! Imprecise “smart” stuff is a trade off for sure. This is why I don’t use Smart Components in Glyphs for things like circled glyphs or small caps and instead use Tim Ahrens’ RMX Scaler an…1
