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Re: External tool for stem weight measurement of font families?
Aha! I found another tool I was trying to remember. AFDKO has a tool called “StemHist” that does this. In fact, I wrote about it 10 years ago on this very forum: “AFDKO tells you how many stems have …3 -
Re: Seeking newby advice for setting up kerning classes
My kerning approach is a LOT like Ray’s (and John’s). Kelly, as you are in Seattle, you should go to one of the monthly type pub meetups run by Aaron Bell. I have just pinged him about this. :)1 -
Re: Glyphs Panel on Figma
Yes, that would work for many things. I would go so far as to say that cases like this are exactly why 'aalt' is needed/helpful. Although as “aalt” is intended for 1:1 subs, it would not be…1 -
Re: Glyphs Panel on Figma
Glyph IDs won’t even necessarily be consistent between different members of the same family. Back-tracking to find a base encoded glyph plus OT features to get to the selected glyph, whenever possibl…1 -
Re: Which is the best free font editor?
On the plus side, there is a lot to type design that is independent of the particular tool you are using. Pick something and dive in, and you will be well ahead of not doing something — even if you c…3
