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Re: Order of execution of OpenType features
Some background: As initially spec'd, OpenType Layout would have been processed purely according to lookup order — i.e. as if all features were applied simultaneously —, with the font maker bein…6 -
Re: Maths glyphs in a non-maths font?
Nina, The vertical bar | is not primarily a math character. It is used for a variety of editorial purposes, e.g. to indicate verse breaks in transcriptions of poetry, and is generally expected to be …5 -
Re: Tool for language support testing
I think parsing GSUB is a better idea anyway, although for subsetting purposes name conventions would be easier to make work universally than they are for Acrobat text reconstruction. I've basic…1 -
Re: Variable Font Validation
Flipped and scaled composites were supposed to be technically okay in TrueType since the beginning, but in fact they tended to cause rendering problems, so I long ago made a point of only using compo…6 -
Re: Releasing variable fonts alongside static fonts
Ugh! GX is a defunct brand name for a display and layout technology that Apple abandoned in the 1990s. I recall that when Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, one of the first things he decreed was …5
