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Re: What is best practise in variable font development?
The masters you use in a design tool are one thing. How the data gets compiled into a font may be another—depending on how the tools go about generating the data. Some key things to understand about …4 -
Re: Unexplained phrase in GPOS explanation
It's not clear to me what you're asking. Your first question is in this context The subject seems to suggestion you're looking for clarification on the OT spec. But your first specific question is in…1 -
Re: Standard set of emoticons
Each person will have their own idea of what are essential. If your font is for a particular client, it makes sense to discuss with them. If you're targeting a general, broad audience, then usage dat…2 -
Re: How to best give access to special characters in a font
A fundamental issue is the meaning of text and anticipated usage over its lifetime. On the one hand: Suppose you're an app developer and need to put some icon—depicting, say, a foobie (whatever)—into…6 -
Italic in variable fonts
It's great to see more variable fonts being made. One thing I'm wondering about, though, is how variable "italic" is being handled: I see fonts with an "italic" axis where the des…1