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Re: Variable fonts, axes values
Say OpenType did add a ‘stepSize’ parameter to variation axes. Then, a font vendor could specify that the weight axis should only be selectable at intervals of, say, 50: 300, 350, 400, 450, … The und…2 -
Re: Grawlixes
I always liked the skull ☠️ as it is much more impactful than, say, a percentage sign. It would be fun to have a separate grawlixes style or a grawlixes substitution feature so that the underlying te…1 -
Re: License for fonts that come with the operating system
I suspect the license of the preinstalled SF fonts is different. For example, SF is often used for the header and footer in printed documents by Mac apps (Apple’s apps and third-party).1 -
Re: Diacritics
You can always check by selecting a glyph and choosing Edit → Info for Selection… (⌥⌘I). If the Subcategory is Nonspacing, its width is reduced to zero at export. In general, if the glyph name ends i…3 -
Re: Applications without OpenType feature support
You can access the other features by choosing Format → Font → Show Fonts (⌘T) → ⋯⃝ → Typography. Not all features, but common stuff like sub/superscript or style sets are available. The Glyph Variant…4
