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Re: Are foundry initials an inherent part of a type family name?
Generally, it is a matter of trademark law. One entity can introduce a product under a certain name, and either claims or registers a trademark. If another entity introduces a different product under…5 -
Re: [OTVar] Contrast Axis (ctst)
I don't think I said 0 should be "default". Have I said this? I thought I said 0 should be "perceived no contrast". I also said that it might be useful if the scale is calibrated…2 -
Re: Units per em
For TrueType-flavored fonts you can safely specify any UPM between 16 and 16384, and the only place you need to do it is the head table. For CFF-flavored fonts, it's more complicated: in addition to …2 -
Re: Are we heading towards a "VariableFontCloud"?
I'll also add that in order to interpolate between "anything" and "anything", each glyph needs a huge number of points, and huge numbers of deltas, which effectively does away wit…1 -
Re: Plex; IBM's new font identity model
Well, it is quite obvious that things will change, because things have changed. Before MyFonts existed, it was quite unthinkable that people from countries other than the privileged West would earn a…7
