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Re: Variable fonts, axes values
It seems to me we’re still talking about problems of interaction with design spaces, not problems of design spaces.2 -
Re: Metric and em size
A modest overshoot of the em is usually okay, and typically at least some parts of a glyph set of a digital font—accent marks on caps or above ascenders, usually—will exceed the em height. What may h…2 -
Re: How does anchor corresponds to glyph positioning feature in Fontlab 7?
It looks like the bottom mark is interfering with the positioning of the top mark, which indicates that the mark feature lookups are not filtered by mark class. I don’t use FL7’s built in mark code g…1 -
Re: Type Design Technical Advances
I’d argue that FDK, in its inability still to fully express OTL, is ultimately not an advance, but actually a roadblock: the reliance of so many font tools on FDK as a basis for writing and compiling…1 -
Re: Diacritic Kerning Pairs
The majority of diacritic kerning can be achieved with class-based kerning. So e.g. put all your a+mark diacritics in the same 1st and 2nd glyph classes as your lowercase a. You will need to proof th…4
