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Re: Proofing Kern On results - How do you review thousands of pairs?
No. I run it without kerning classes, and then do class compression after the fact. Define models for some of those pairs to adjust the output?2 -
Re: What's the rectangle surrounding a font glyph, including its sidebearings, called?
A lot of line layout in software is really dumb and can’t paint glyphs outside the text frame and allows subsequent lines to overwrite white space on previous lines, causing clipping if tight linespa…2 -
Re: A hypothetical generative tool utilizing nested multiple masters.
See the Glyphs article to which I linked. It is possible to define components with their own variations sliders, and then to use those components in composites. So, to use your cat example, you could…1 -
Re: This is what Monotype is doing instead of anything helpful
Oh, but this isn’t the only thing that Monotype are doing. It seems they are also killing off Linotype’s much loved FontExplorer X font manager.5 -
Re: Kern On—Semi Automated Kerning Plugin for Glyphs
That 150,000 kern pairs is the raw output from KO. The first thing I do is to reduce that amount in various ways. The kerning includes a lot of small value pairs that I simply delete, e.g. anything 5…3
