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Re: Projects Google Fonts ought to fund in 2023?
Microsoft have this for European writing systems in the Segoe Print and Segoe Script types, which benefited greatly from native expert input on Cyrillic and Greek handwriting.4 -
Re: A hypothetical generative tool utilizing nested multiple masters.
I suspect one could get a long way towards what you describe using smart components in Glyphs. These are nested components with their own variable design space that are used in composites that also h…1 -
Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
Which Helvetica? The Linotype/Adobe digital version inherited unitised widths, which meant that its sidebearings were wildly inconsistent. It also used the PS Type 1 slant function to produce the ‘It…5 -
Re: Is it lawful for me to edit existing fonts?
The Open Font License does have a provision for a ‘reserved name’, but I think Google Fonts’ policy is not to require that and, as I recall, prefer to publish fonts that do not use the reserved name.…1 -
Re: Is it lawful for me to edit existing fonts?
Further to what James and Olexa said: Some font foundry licenses permit modifications to fonts, and some do not. There is no general rule, and since you may obtain and use fonts under multiple licens…2
