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Re: When designing italics should a curve's side handles be 90º or slanted to the italic angle?
As fare as I know, it is technically OK to have slanted handles. Except if you like to do a very crisp TrueType hinting (you shouldn’t). But if the shapes look better (not the curves, the look of the…3 -
Re: AFP fonts from OpenType
I just asked chatGPT about it and it has a lot to say about it. But without knowing AFP it doesn’t make much sense to me. But it seems to be a good starting point.1 -
Re: How to Create Variable Color Fonts?
You can do it in Glyphs for CORLv0: Follow this tutorial on how to set up palettes and color layers: Creating a Microsoft color font (CPAL/COLR) You just need to set up the color layer in each master…3 -
Re: Laptops for Font Design: Seeking Insights
I had a iMac and a 15" MacBook Pro for years. But now a 16" M1 Pro MacBook Pro and a Studio Display. So I can just grab the laptop and leave and have all my data. Before, It was tricky. I u…2 -
Re: Private Use Area for ligatures and alternates
You just break search, spell checkers and hyphenation when using PUA. And people will see garbage when your font is not available. If you stylistic alternate glyphs are more important than all that...4
