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Re: Best practices for .null and .notdef?
NULL* should be zero-width with no contour *Name should be NULL not .null — .notdef should be the only glyph name in a font that begins with . The NULL glyph is not really needed in modern fonts, and…11 -
Re: Vertical Metrics/UPM - (modular) linespacing
As far as I know, modern versions of most browsers should support the fsSelection use-typo-metrics flag. Of course, older versions of some browsers persist in use.1 -
Re: Vertical Metrics/UPM - (modular) linespacing
InDesign does not use font metrics for linespacing. Linespacing in InDesign—and in general in design apps that come from a print-first background (unlike screen design tools like Figma)—is always exp…3 -
Re: RightFont 5 and ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts
Interesting. They’re not showing up in FontBook or in most app menus, but they are showing up in InDesign’s font menu. So I think this is down to some asshole at Adobe rather than some asshole at App…2 -
Re: Precomposed fractions — waste of time and space?
I almost always include the basic three — ¼ ½ ¾ — because they're part of the ANSI character subset, but only include more precomposed fractions if they clients request. _____ Note that there ar…5
