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[OTVar] Variable fonts in Windows 10 Creators Update and Insider previews
If people are using the Windows 10 Creators Update or the more recent Windows Insider Preview builds, we have a bug bash in progress, with "Quests" which are scenarios we invite people to t…3 -
Re: OpenType 1.8.1 errata
We just posted two new errata: 1. The gvar chapter had an incomplete specification of how to calculated inferred deltas when a contour point doesn't have explicit deltas. 2. The CFF2 chapter inadvert…1 -
[OTVar] hidden axis flag
One thing that was obvious at the Typo Labs conference was that there isn't any consensus yet as to what the right UI should be for selecting instances of variable fonts, though there a couple of rel…3 -
Re: [OTVar] Changing tracking/HVAR
I'm not sure about CFF2-flavoured fonts, but for variable fonts with TrueType outlines, that would not be a reliable thing to do. The reason is that the HVAR table is used to modify hmtx values, whic…1 -
[OTSpec] OT 1.8.1 erratum (2017-4-14): 'gvar' spec error
A new erratum for OpenType 1.8.1 has been published: there was an error in the description of the flags field ("bit 1" should read "bit 0"). See the errata page for OT 1.8.1 for d…1
