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Re: Florin sign (ƒ)
I don’t see why I would include an italic florin in an upright font. The upright version also reads well in the currency and aperture contexts, and reads perfectly in natural language texts. On the o…1 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
I assume that most designer pick fonts for their aesthetics, not for technical capabilities. Most fonts on the market are not variable, so most fonts that happen to fit the aesthetics of a project or…1 -
Re: Web sites/e-readers that match optical size to pixel size automatically
This demonstration is the best I have seen on the effect of optical sizing: https://twitter.com/djrrb/status/15678640521808199692 -
Re: Quick Look preview of font files in Monterey 12.4
You can also try the Font Smoothing Adjuster app and setting Font smoothing to Disabled. It’s a super simple app and free to download from the web. Or, if you are comfortable with the command line, r…3 -
Re: Glyph Sidebearings and Text Alignment
Kerning to a space cannot be used, since someone might want to kern a glyph to a space without also implying optical bounds. In the following discussion, the lfbd/rfbd features are considered almost …1
