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Re: Hinting of small glyphs
The FLS5 autohinter has trouble identifying stems if the preference settings are way off for the design. It looks for parallel outlines segments within the minimum and maximum distance settings. For …5 -
Re: Ghost hint values
-20 is for a top hint, and -21 is for a bottom hint, so the difference in value helps the rasteriser determine whether it is dealing with the top or bottom of a stem.2 -
Re: Font metrics settings for desktop and web fonts
The first schema you illustrate is what I still use, at least in fonts where its okay for the Typo and Win values to sum to the same total height. When that's not the case, then I set the hhea values…1 -
Re: Why are inflections bad?
Wouldn't it be great if they did. From now on, I am going to think of the red arrows in outline audit tools as 'Warning: potential injury to face. Wear protective goggles.'4 -
Re: Recent font legal disputes (or cost savings)
Customers opting for custom fonts rather than licensing existing fonts is part of a diverse and healthy type industry, but it ceases to be healthy when custom fonts are reported as saving the compani…3
