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Re: Metric and em size
Some folks at Microsoft believe that, for TrueType outlines at least, having the em square be a power of 2 (e.g. 1024, 2048, etc.) results in slightly better performance in scaling operations. Some f…3 -
Re: Early access or beta releases à la futurefonts.xyz
Noah, the issues you describe are exactly why, in my opinion, using a dedicated-to-the-concept site like Future Fonts is a much better idea than trying to do something similar on one’s own. They go t…4 -
Re: Adam Savage from Mythbusters on fonts.
Seems like he does not know about smart font technologies like OpenType layout features (or GX/AAT), and what they can do for script fonts.4 -
Re: Platform for Publishing Research Article
Also, it would be strange for a foundry or company to publish an article about somebody else’s view of some particular font production process. All of those companies have their own font production p…3 -
Re: Glyphs (characters) alternative
You can use any extension you like, but only the ones that correspond to standard feature names will help generate feature code. FontLab supports .ss01, .salt .cv01 and many others.3
