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Re: On vertical metrics (in the context of a biscript, Tamil and Latin font)
See above. You definitely need to ensure that nothing exceeds the Win metrics, to avoid clipping, but other than that the decisions are about how you want the font to behave in software that uses met…1 -
Re: On vertical metrics (in the context of a biscript, Tamil and Latin font)
Units per em defines the granularity of the design grid. All coordinates in outlines, spacing, kerning and mark positioning, and metrics are relative to the em, as expressed in the units per em scale…1 -
Re: On vertical metrics (in the context of a biscript, Tamil and Latin font)
So, how should you proceed? I suggest these steps: 1) As suggested above (A), you probably want your typeface to be a similar scale to other types at the same nominal point size, so it is a good idea…2 -
Re: On vertical metrics (in the context of a biscript, Tamil and Latin font)
When Microsoft licensed TrueType from Apple in the early 1990s, they were not satisfied with the hhea table, so defined their own OS/2 table, as a general place to put a lot of data that Windows uses…2 -
On vertical metrics (in the context of a biscript, Tamil and Latin font)
This morning, I received an email from Anagha Narayanan—currently a student at EsadType in Amiens—asking about vertical metrics settings in the context of a biscript, Tamil and Latin font on which sh…3
