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Re: Melbourne font query
I’m not sure that is the same person, Thomas. The education and employment details don’t seem to line up.2 -
Re: The Evolution of Font Weight Terminology: A Historical Question
I recall ‘Book’ weight being discussed previously on TypeDrawers. There is no technical specification for this term. It isn’t included in the named usWeightClass values of the OS/2 table specificatio…5 -
Re: AI for custom type
It is pretty clear that they can’t charge licensing for the font, nor place any non-libre restrictions on distribution of the font. But I don’t think there is a restriction on charging for software o…3 -
Re: Optical typography
We’ve been talking past each other for a lot of it, and it has taken us this far to begin to approach a common terminology and understanding of some basics.1 -
Re: Implementing OpenType calt or init with Latin script in 2024
The init, medi, fina, and isol features are now explicitly defined as implementing Unicode joining behaviour for e.g. Arabic. The earlier descriptions of these features in the OT features registry mi…3
