Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-09 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 12/6/22 21:07, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: > Am 06.12.22 um 19:56 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: >> [...] >> Hi Hraban, >> >> I have just added a first draft about variable font usage: >> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Variable_Fonts. >> >> Would you be so kind to

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 06.12.22 um 19:56 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: On 12/4/22 22:16, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: [...] An increasing number of fonts in the Google repository is (becoming) variable. So far, I only used the additionally provided fixed versions... Hi Hraban, I have

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-06 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 12/4/22 22:16, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: > [...] > An increasing number of fonts in the Google repository is (becoming) > variable. So far, I only used the additionally provided fixed versions... Hi Hraban, I have just added a first draft about variable font usage:

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-06 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 12/4/22 11:53, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > [...] > assuming that i can motivate myself (read: the fonts look nice) i can > probably sort out all the side effects Many thanks for the fixes in the new beta, Hans. > i'll check if we can deal with tags instead of names as not all fonts

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-04 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 04.12.22 um 11:53 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: the fact that some were not processed relates to a 'fix' of a while back ... also keep in mind that the variable font code was written long ago when there were only a handful of experimental (and often somewhat buggy) fonts around

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-04 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 12/4/22 11:53, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: >> [...] > i'll check if we can deal with tags instead of names as not all fonts > have nice names for the axis defined (which might be why one ends up > with all these predefined instances) Many thanks for your reply, Hans. Tags instead of

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 12/3/2022 10:29 AM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote: On 12/3/22 01:01, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: On 12/2/2022 8:17 PM, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: Also in the last instances (at least, pages 19 to 25), kerning or interletter spacing clearly needs to be improved. no

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-03 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 12/3/22 01:01, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > On 12/2/2022 8:17 PM, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > >>> Also in the last instances (at least, pages 19 to 25), kerning or >>> interletter spacing clearly needs to be improved. >> no clue (ok, a little) > sort of fixed but no upload yet

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-02 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 12/2/2022 8:17 PM, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: Also in the last instances (at least, pages 19 to 25), kerning or interletter spacing clearly needs to be improved. no clue (ok, a little) sort of fixed but no upload yet (probably next week) Hans

Re: [NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-02 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 12/2/2022 7:06 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote: Hi Hans, I have two issues with variable fonts (using current latest from yesterday): 1. Using the following sample: \usemodule[fonts-variable] \starttext \showfontvariations[font=file:grenze.ttf] \stoptext With the fonts

[NTG-context] two issues with variable fonts

2022-12-02 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
Hi Hans, I have two issues with variable fonts (using current latest from yesterday): 1. Using the following sample: \usemodule[fonts-variable] \starttext \showfontvariations[font=file:grenze.ttf] \stoptext With the fonts from https://github.com/Omnibus-Type/Grenze/tree/master/fonts-/gx,