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OpenType 1.8.4 released
Version 1.8.4 of the OpenType spec has been released. The scope of changes was determined almost entirely by issues reported on OT 1.8.3 in the MicrosoftDocs/typography-issues GitHub repo. Changes in…3 -
OpenType 1.8.4 public beta review
The current OpenType version, 1.8.3, was released over two years ago, and it may seem like not much has happened since then. In the subsequent two years, many issues were reported on the OT spec, tho…2 -
Re: OTF Variable fonts
Variable fonts can be made using TrueType glyph data (glyf + gvar tables) or using a CFF2 table. The ".ttf" / ".otf" extension is orthogonal to this.2 -
Re: Color fonts nowadays
In case it's useful info: In an OpenType font, the COLR format relies on colour palettes defined in a CPAL table. The SVG format can make use of colour palettes defined in the CPAL table, or fixed co…3 -
Re: Thoughts on Monotype and its subsidiaries?
A few years back, one of the last major projects I drove while still working on text/fonts at Microsoft was to make it possible for fonts to be sold in the Microsoft online Store. Now, this was manda…6
