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Re: What could be an effective strategy for handling frac/tions in OpenType fonts?
Alas, I think it is still wise to avoid that. But generally, one can split GSUB and GPOS operations across different features to achieve a singular effect, so long as all the involved features will a…1 -
Re: Make Semi Bold and Bold fonts
The weight axis in OpenType variable fonts is defined relative to the scale from 0–1000 that is shared by the OS/2 font table weight class and the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specification used to d…1 -
Re: What could be an effective strategy for handling frac/tions in OpenType fonts?
I’ve never shipped a font using the Nutso method for European nut fractions—mostly because no client ever asked for them—, but I did use it for Burmese stacked fractions in the Myanmar Text font for …1 -
Re: What could be an effective strategy for handling frac/tions in OpenType fonts?
Ray, take a look at the Nutso (and Nutso2) implementations I linked to above. These are able to handle arbitrary combinations of numerators and denominators—up to ten of each, if I recall correctly—w…1 -
Re: What could be an effective strategy for handling frac/tions in OpenType fonts?
@"Nick Shinn" Nutso is is pretty robust, so long as the user doesn’t apply tracking to the results.1
