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OpenType Layout feature classification

OpenType Layout features drive the correct display of complex scripts like Arabic and Indic, and they let users apply advanced typographic formatting. This is a classification of the registered feature tags, written for developers building UI to expose them. 10 min read →

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On fractional coordinates

Round a number too early and the error never leaves. That is the whole case for working in fractional coordinates while you design, and rounding to a grid only when you ship. 2 min read →

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FontLab Studio 5 and the Fontographer acquisition

2005 was a pivotal year for Fontlab Ltd. The company shipped FontLab Studio 5, which became the dominant professional font editor for the next decade. FontLab also acquired Fontographer from Macromedia, reviving a tool that had been dormant since the mid-1990s. 2 min read →