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Re: Parametric vs Interpolated fonts
The designer designs all the masters they want to, and designates one as the default. In the compiled font, the other masters are represented by deltas to the point positions. Values are in essence i…6 -
Re: Parametric vs Interpolated fonts
Parametric fonts are not really “automated design,” in my opinion. They are a label for a group of technologies. An individual parametric font is a font which can be varied within some parameters. Al…5 -
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
