Victor Gaultney

@TiroTypeworks @davelab6 @KhaledGhetas @abdullaharif We include a subtle donation request on our font download pages but it's separate from the download process itself. It's not a step you need to go through and say donation = $0 (which is just guilt manipulation). software.sil.org/gentium/downlo…

@TiroTypeworks @davelab6 @KhaledGhetas @abdullaharif The OFL certainly allows an optional donation option, and that's a nice way to do it. It just needs to be clear (esp. to those whose understanding of English is limited) that the donation is not necessary to download or use the fonts.

I make the most commercially unviable fonts, but people seem to like them. I wonder if this is because they are free? Anyway, I’m not complaining, I quite enjoy the fact that I can make whatever fonts I want and not worry about selling them.

@OhBendy @pgconstable Sorry - no - and I didn't see them in a quick glance through my research materials. But keep in mind that I was mainly collecting examples of letters that were alraedy identified rather than searching for ones that weren't.

@pgconstable @OhBendy BTW of our fonts for New Tai Lue the Nokyung design is preferred by more people and has had the closest scrutiny by local script experts. Dai Banna SIL is an older, more region-specific design. software.sil.org/nokyung/

@OhBendy Have you checked out the Xishuangbanna News site? dw12.com

May your heart and your holidays be filled and surrounded by peace. More info on this design is on my site: gaultney.org/jvgtype/letter…

@TiroTypeworks @MarkFonts Yes - see the Engs feature software.sil.org/gentium/featur…

@jvgtype @MarkFonts Do SIL fonts with character variants include lookup type 3 enumerated substitutes? My understanding was that these were the aspect of cv features that some browser makers were reluctant to implement.

are people other than @rsms using character variants? the only info I can find on deploying in CSS says that the feature is depreciated. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web…

@MarkFonts Character variants work fine in most browsers (font-feature-settings). We offer and use a lot of CVs. Here's an example, with details on linked pages: software.sil.org/gentium/featur…

interested if people have info on using it—I was considering adding the character variant feature to my design, along with stylistic sets. I haven’t been able to deploy cv in a browser.

@n8willis Gentium and Charis SIL too. software.sil.org/gentium/featur… software.sil.org/charis/feature…

(I know there's not "none", because SIL Andika does; I'm kind of just curious)

How many multi-weight font families are there that provide BOTH single-story a/g glyphs AND two-story a/g glyphs (and I mean in the same font; e.g. both in upright, as alts)? Bonus point if they're open-source...

Quick fix (v6.001) to Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, Gentium Plus, and Andika to avoid problems with unrecognized fonts when opening older documents: software.sil.org/charis/release… software.sil.org/doulos/release… software.sil.org/gentium/releas… software.sil.org/andika/release…

It may have taken many years to finish the design and engineering work for this in between so much other work, but we finally got it done!

@simoncozens Certainly does! Wish I had more time at the moment to play with it.

@KGLinguistics @jeltzz @SILintl Hi - you need to tell us the context: OS, app, exact character sequence. Then we might be able to address your problem. Thanks!

@thejourneyler I had fun making one of these a while ago, but don't really use it. I kern the same way most designers do: avoiding it as much as possible. Most kerning time lately has been spent getting tools to handle kerning data well when converting formats. github.com/andyclymer/ker…

@jvgtype what do you use?

A great project from people who know what they're talking about and are still eager to learn more.

@TiroTypeworks @enablelanguages @OhBendy @HindiRinny @a_srinidhi @alolita However, the freedom of alternate family architectures come with the pain of potentially losing portability of semantic text. But that's already a problem.

@TiroTypeworks @enablelanguages @OhBendy @HindiRinny @a_srinidhi @alolita This is a great idea - especially if the ability to create new family/style architectures could be built into common font design tools. That would give communities (and those that support them) freedom to create alternate structures.

Is Italics required in Indic scripts like Devanagari, Kannada? Italics is so non native for Indic scripts. Applying Italics does not look well. It reminds the tweet on Italics in Adobe Myriad fonts of Bengali and Devanagari by @alolita twitter.com/alolita/status…

@TiroTypeworks @enablelanguages @OhBendy @HindiRinny @a_srinidhi @alolita More than once I've offered a community a more 'culturally-sensitive' secondary, only to have them reject the offer in favour of one that follows Latin conventions. While I groaned a bit inside, I supported them in their decision.

@TiroTypeworks @enablelanguages @OhBendy @HindiRinny @a_srinidhi @alolita While I feel strongly that the non-Latin world should be freed from any assumption that typographic 'italic' secondaries should follow Latin norms, I've found that I need to keep my purist zeal in check. It's not my writing system.

@enablelanguages @Erin_Type @hhpapazian @TiroTypeworks Excellent - thanks - would love to have your suggestions!

@jvgtype @Erin_Type @hhpapazian @TiroTypeworks Hi Victor, I have mentioned it to Lorna, and when I have time will scan the documents I have and document the glyph variations.

@hhpapazian @TiroTypeworks @Erin_Type Although, if you were adding Latin to non-Latin it should supplement the non-Latin. That restricts the Latin fonts you could use as a base. For truly multilingual Web projects I have only managed four Latin fonts that are suitable. And even those four aren't complete.