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Re: Help a researcher out: some questions related to Arabic typography
The new Noto Sans Arabic is in that category: the structure of the letters is informed by traditional naskh shapes and proportions, but with low-contrast strokes. The Arabic that I designed for Segoe…1 -
Re: Naming the Widest Width
I've taken to using Narrow and Wide for width variation: ExtraNarrow Narrow * Wide ExtraWide I think these names are more intuitive for users than Condensed/Extended, and are also shorter, which…7 -
Re: Call for design suggestions: Anglicana W
Given the complexity of the double bowl on the right, I would expect this letter to be somewhat wider than the w. But I would also be willing to forego the serif on the middle diagonal. If the ductus…2 -
Re: Call for design suggestions: Anglicana W
In terms of contrast with W/w, that seems to me very much a style-specific, and is the sort of issue we already face with some extended Latin and IPA characters that, in an italic font, might be easi…2 -
Re: [OTVar] Next step for variable fonts: process for registering design variation axes
Hrant, The GEXT axis proposal envisions being applicable to both joining and non-joining glyphs. If that is the case, in an Arabic font I would anticipate a GSUB trigger in the GEXT axis design space…1
