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Re: Applications without OpenType feature support
They just launched a major new version, InDesign 2024 (19.0), no more than a week ago, in conjunction with the Adobe Max conference. HarfBuzz gets 46 seconds of coverage in the 6 1/2 minute video abo…2 -
Re: Applications without OpenType feature support
Sadly, it is only partly true. The default text shaper in InDesign 2024 is still the Adobe Composer and as far as I can tell it does not seem to be using Harfbuzz—or if it is, they are going out of …2 -
Re: Variable Fonts In Use
I was going to cite exactly that. The site at https://m3.material.io uses a smooth transition to a bolder weight when one hovers on an icon in the left sidebar. Same with https://fonts.google.com/ Th…1 -
Re: Different italic-"weights"
Stephen Nixon’s Recursive (an open source typeface designed in large part for coding) is the best example of this to date! By a large margin, I would argue. It has separate variable font axes for sla…1 -
Re: Kerning of serif font....
The reason this is a problem is, if you adjust the spacing, you pretty much have to throw out the kerning of the affected glyphs.2
