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Re: Alternate numerals in script fonts
I reason that the eye/brain only gets enough information from each “grab” (between saccades) as is necessary to identify characters/words. Subtle differences in execution of individual characters wou…1 -
Re: 1000 em units?
This is the model we use to obtain compatible metrics. Pablo's option 2 works, but I figure the linegap data fields are there, so why not use them. This is how Mike Duggan at Microsoft requested…4 -
Re: Vietnamese with combined diacritical marks
Vietnamese text almost always uses the precomposed diacritics, and even if the text is decomposed -- e.g. Unicode normalisation form D -- it is easiest to represent with the precomposed glyphs via th…1 -
Re: best ttfautohint settings?
Matthew, My approach works with either the FL PS autohinter or with the Adobe one -- or, indeed, with manual PS hints --, but yes I usually use the Adobe one. I apply this directly within FL, using t…2 -
Re: best ttfautohint settings?
The ability to tune the configuration to the type of font is a big benefit. For instance, in Fontlab, you can set the autohinting preferences at the application level, or you can do manual hinting, b…1
