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OpenType 1.9 released
I'm happy to be able to announce that OpenType 1.9 has been published. The biggest change is the introduction of a second version of the COLR table. Support is already enabled in Chrome Canary builds…8 -
Re: Fontlab 7 - Windows reads exported font name differently
I attached a copy of the WPF Font Selection Model spec earlier in this discussion. Indeed, it says the following (emphasis added): "After extracting family name, face name, style, weight and st…3 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
I raised this question since Web usage of VFs was on my mind while I was preparing for my ATypI presentation last week, Happy Fifth Anniversary, Variable Fonts. In my talk, I discussed the pace of pr…1 -
Re: Fontlab 7 - Windows reads exported font name differently
Oh, you're right: I hadn't noticed that. In the WPF Font Selection Model algorithm, "Compact" is treated as a stretch (width) axis keyword. That's why "Compact" in name ID 1 is b…2 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
Btw, Jason Pamental has just given a really interesting talk on work he did for the State of Rhode Island to create a CMS system that they could use for state agency Web sites—dozens and dozens—that …1
