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Vernon Adams | 3 May 2013 16:07
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Re: [GFD] Re: [ft-devel] new CFF engine

Thomas (or others),
Could you recommned a few opentype fonts, with known good industry standard ps hints, that i could use for
control tests of this new engine versus truetype on Freetype?

thanks

-v

On 1 May 2013, at 18:03, Thomas Phinney <tphinney@...> wrote:

> Somebody with way more free time than me could do some tests of autohinted TTF and autohinted CFF under the
latest FreeType. My suspicion is that on average the autohinted CFF will hold up better down to smaller
sizes and look at least as good if not better overall.
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Vernon Adams | 3 May 2013 03:29
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Re: [GFD] Re: [ft-devel] new CFF engine

I might well do a little of that, not that i have any free time :) …but… 
I'm very curious to see how desktop UI fonts render under this new freetype CFF autohinter. 

One thing i have noticed when testing UI fonts on android and Chrome (both use a tweaked freetype) is that
unhinted truetype fonts render better than ttfautohinted or manual hinted fonts. The freetype bytecode
interpreter on those OS's (especially on a hi res screen) seems to result in too harsh rendering with
hinted truetype fonts. I'm curious if the new CFF interpreter will bring opentype fonts to the first
choice as a UI font.

-v

On 1 May 2013, at 18:05, Thomas Phinney <tphinney@...> wrote:

> Somebody with way more free time than me could do some tests of autohinted TTF and autohinted CFF under the
latest FreeType.
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vernon adams | 2 May 2013 01:46
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Re: [GFD] Re: [ft-devel] new CFF engine

So (their) fonts would look better rendered on screens? 

On 1 May 2013, at 16:44, Claus Eggers Sørensen <clauses@...> wrote:

> Great, but why was this work done?
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Dave Crossland | 2 May 2013 01:45
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Re: [GFD] Re: [ft-devel] new CFF engine

On 2 May 2013 01:44, Claus Eggers Sørensen <clauses@...> wrote:
> Adobe’s patent had run out anyway?

What patent?
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Raphaël Bastide | 16 Apr 2013 11:38
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LGM 2013 and libre typography

Hello,

Here is a draft for a summary concerning the emerging projects around Libre typography. As this is an open text, feel free to correct and complete it. This text could be used as LGM report as well.

http://titanpad.com/lgm13-typography

Cheers,

Raphaël Bastide
raphaelbastide.com
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Manuel Schmalstieg | 12 Apr 2013 01:32
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more font categories for OFL

Hey list,

After discussion this afternoon at LGM Madrid with Nathan and Dave, I have the following proposal for the OpenFontLibrary website: let's add more categories! More precisely, the common categories used by AtypI (VOX-ATypI classification) as well as the British Standards Classification of Typefaces (BS 2961:1967). More details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox-ATypI_classification

What's currently on the website:

Blackletter · 4
Dingbat · 12
Display · 38
Handwriting · 39
Monospaced · 12
Sans-serif · 63
Serif · 54

What should be therefore added:

Humanist Serif (or Humanist Classical)
Garalde (examples: EB Garamond, Crimson, Sorts Mill Goudy)
Transitional (example: Open Baskerville)
Didone (example: ADF Berenis)
Mechanistic or Slab Serif (example: Le Patin Helvete)
Grotesque (example: Lil Grotesk)
Neo-grotesque (examples: Chivo, Karla, News Cycle)
Geometric (examples: Futura Renner, Didact Gothic, Tex Gyre Adventor)
Humanist Sans-serif (or Humanist Lineal) (examples: DejaVu, Lato)

From what we understand, those categories are hardcoded into the system, and must therefore be added by someone with access to the php files.

What do you think, wouldn't that be neat?

Best,
Manuel | Greyscale Publishing
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Nathan Willis | 11 Apr 2013 14:55
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Catalogathon link

We're just getting started, but feel free to join: http://piratepad.net/9yWPMBaJWE

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Ricardo Lafuente | 28 Feb 2013 17:25
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Announcing Libre Graphics magazine issue 2.1

⤹⟷...⟺...⇄...sorry for cross-posting...⇄...⟺...⟷⤸

-----> Announcing Libre Graphics magazine issue 2.1 <-----

This February, Libre Graphics magazine (http://libregraphicsmag.com/) 
has reached a major milestone. We have published and shipped issue 2.1, 
the first number in our second volume. Titled 
"Localization/Internationalisation," this issue explores the unique 
problems of non-latin type, the hyper-localisation of custom clothing 
patterns and international visual languages, among other topics.

Launched at FOSDEM, this issue marks the beginning of our second volume 
of publication, and heralds our move towards an increasingly critical 
slant. Exploring not just how Free/Libre Open Source Software can be 
used to create high quality art and design, in volume 2, we see a 
growing emphasis on the cultural and social issues around F/LOSS and 
Free Culture. With 2.1, we discuss issues of regionality. We are 
currently seeking submissions 
(http://libregraphicsmag.com/2013/02/gendering-floss-issue-2-2-call-for-submissions/) 
for 2.2, "Gendering F/LOSS," which will revolve around gendered identity 
and work in F/LOSS and Free Culture.

We invite both potential readers and submittors to download, view, 
write, pull, branch and otherwise engage. We hope, in the coming year 
and with the help of a growing community, to further push the work of 
F/LOSS art, design and discussion.

About Libre Graphics magazine
Libre Graphics magazine (ISSN 1925-1416) is a print publication devoted 
to showcasing and promoting work created with Free/Libre Open Source 
Software. Since 2010, we have been publishing work about or including 
artistic practices which integrate Free, Libre and Open software, 
standards, culture, methods and licenses.

Website: http://libregraphicsmag.com
Identi.ca: http://identi.ca/libregraphicsmagazine
Twitter: https://twitter.com/libgraphicsmag
Gitorious: https://gitorious.org/libregraphicsmag
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Nathan Willis | 15 Feb 2013 20:48
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Library-a-thon at LGM?

I proposed a workshop/hack-a-thon session for Libre Graphics Meeting (April 10-13 2013 in Madrid) dedicated to cataloging (and, with luck, importing) as many open fonts as we can find into the OFLB db -- over the course of 2 hours, anyway.

Obviously we've had a lot of discussions over the past year or so about what OFLB does, what it can or can't do, and how we might get it to do those things.  This is orthogonal to that; my interest is just in making a concerted full-court push to capture as much info out there as we can.  If OFLB gets a reboot on a new platform, that's great; I'd just like it to pick up a lot of additional records in the meantime, since we know they're out there.

The hard part is undoubtedly finding and organizing the list of fonts -- especially individuals not listed in GWF or a foundry project.  That includes verifying an acceptable license, which is not a given.  From there, it will be deciding on the correct categorization (and other metadata, like "description").  It is possible there are ways to bulk-import from big collections -- if somebody want to tackle that, that would be awesome.

Let me say this one more time to be totally clear -- this proposal in no way means I'm trying to answer the questions about what OFLB does next or where it goes next.  I just think that a spring-cleaning day would be helpful for all the users out there, and who knows, it might crystalize some things for the project members as well -- and there's clearly no better place to do such a thing than LGM.

Worst possible outcome would be that we have a greater & more accurate index of all the open fonts that are out there but hosted someplace else, and if you ask me, that's still pretty good.

Anyone who thinks it sounds interesting, join right on in!

Thanks,
Nate
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Femke Snelting | 10 Feb 2013 23:35

Reminder: Call for presentations LGM2013

Only 5 days left to propose your talk for the Libre Graphics Meeting 2013: Future Tools!!

*Call for presentations*

The Libre Graphics Meeting is looking for in-depth presentations on Libre Graphics technologies,
showcases of excellent work made using Libre Graphics tools and new ideas for future approaches, tools
and standards.

CFP: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/call-for-presentations
Deadline: 15 February 2013

*The Libre Graphics Meeting needs your support*

Please help us bring developers to Madrid for the Libre Graphics Meeting 2013: Future Tools. We aim to raise
10.000$ to support volunteer developers and presenters that would otherwise be unable to journey to
Madrid. Your donation will be used for travel only and every contribution counts!

http://pledgie.com/campaigns/19064

*Sign up for LGM*

The event gathers developers and designers from all over the world to work together on the many different
tools in the Free, Libre and Open Source toolbox. LGM is free to attend and open to all. Registration is not
required but it would be nice to know who will be there in Madrid, next spring.

Register here: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/registration
Participants so far: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/participants
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Femke Snelting | 19 Jan 2013 13:16

Call for presentations LGM2013: Future Tools

*Developers and users meet at the Libre Graphics Meeting in Madrid*

Libre Graphics Meeting 2013: Future Tools will take place from Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th April in
Madrid, Spain. The 8th LGM will be held at Medialab Prado's brand new building in the center of Madrid, La
Serreria Belga. The event brings together developers and designers from all over the world to work on the
many different tools in the Free, Libre and Open Source toolbox.

http://libregraphicsmeeting.org

*Call for presentations*

The Libre Graphics Meeting is looking for in-depth presentations on Libre Graphics technologies,
showcases of excellent work made using Libre Graphics tools and new ideas for future approaches, tools
and standards.

Call for presentations: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/call-for-presentations
Deadline: 15 February 2013

*Sign up for LGM2013*

LGM is free to attend and open to all! Registration is not required but it would be nice to know who will be
there in Madrid, next spring.

Register here: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/registration
Participants so far: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/participants

*Support the Libre Graphics Meeting*

Please help us bring developers to Madrid for the Libre Graphics Meeting 2013: Future Tools. We aim to raise
10.000$ to support volunteer developers and presenters that would otherwise be unable to journey to
Madrid. Every donation counts!

http://pledgie.com/campaigns/19064
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