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Re: Family x-Height
In the two graphics shown by Mauro, the nominal/measured x-height differences for the italic are really a difference in overshoot, not so much a difference in x-height. It is an optical issue: those …9 -
Re: TDR
Abraham is probably on the right track. In a similar vein: your Windows legacy family (Windows name ID 1) needs to be "TDR Black" with style (Windows name ID 2) of "Regular"2 -
Re: sCapHeight and sxHeight Consistency across a Font Family
I make these things font-specific, if I care about them at all. It is reasonable to vary them depending on the thickness of the underline character and have both vary depending on the weight of the f…1 -
Re: Naming, grouping conventions for large family
Originally from the usWeightClass in the OS/2 table of the TrueType specification, which was inherited by OpenType. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/os2#usweightclass Lat…2 -
Re: sCapHeight and sxHeight Consistency across a Font Family
ClintGoss wrote: These latter are normally typographically accurate measurements for the particular font, so whether they vary depends on whether the family actually varies. Most type designers keep …2
