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Re: Internal leading in vertical metrics. Is it necessary?
Because legacy Windows behaviour was to use the OS/2 WinAscent and WinDescent, rather than the Typo– values, the setting of those Win– values doesn't always conform to actual y max measurements …7 -
Re: [otvar] Computing width for text in variable webfonts
Simon, yes, the CSS spec definition only really works if one is mechanically condensing or expanding a static font, such that weight and width are both being scaled horizontally by a given percentage…1 -
Re: How Glyph Level PS Hints actually work?
One of the best introductions to the PS hinting model is still the old Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification, since it was imported pretty much unchanged into CFF OpenType. Also, even though you…1 -
Re: How Glyph Level PS Hints actually work?
Glyph level hints perform a number of functions. They attach features to alignment zones (which is why you need the ghost hints), and they affect the thickness of strokes. So in the case of your H, t…2 -
Re: How Glyph Level PS Hints actually work?
Some of the hints in your illustration are wrong. You should have a positive ghost hint at the baseline, i.e. starting at the bottom of the stem and ascending vertically 21 units (standard for bottom…3
