Lasse Fister

Here's a new article #calibrateCSS graphicore.github.io/varla-varfo/ex… about bringing real physical measurements to CSS—to improve design on the web. There's a 5 year old, stuck discussion github.com/w3c/csswg-draf… PLZ share and get involved to move this forward! CC @NickSherman

The Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 is scheduled to take place in Nuremberg, Germany, from May 28 to May 31. The Call for Participation is published at libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/call-for-… Please read, share, and consider submitting a proposal! #lgm #lgm25 #libregraphics #libregraphicsmeeting

After some years I finally managed to put a version of the #Bauhaus Emblem Font generator online, tech demo for the archive. graphicore.github.io/Bauhaus-Emblem…

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which one are you?

Of course, the browsers should get fixed! It's naivety that they used px-sizes as defaults in the first place. They shouldn't get away with creating precedents like this. Opinions anyone? Feel free to contribute your screenshots! 4/4

Unless the red and black samples are aligned automated things are broken. It seems though, things are similarly broken across browsers, opsz is set in px. px is pt * 4/3. Font-authors are put into a bad place here: follow the spec or follow the browsers. 3/4

CSS-authors using variable fonts with an optical size axis should know that the default handling is broken in **all** browsers. There's a lengthy, opinionated discussion at github.com/w3c/csswg-draf…, despite of the OT-Spec being clear about using pt-based sizes for opsz. 1/4

@inzn_ @__face37__ @fontbureau @ATypI It's still in the ATypI Tech Talks conference portal events.bizzabo.com/305566/agenda/… but you need to be registered to watch. @ATypI could you please put the Tech Talks 2021 on YouTube?

Variable technology used for seamless column justification. Fantastic practical and 'under the hood' use of variable font technology demonstrated by @lassefister using the XTRA variable axis specified by @fontbureau. Interesting stuff being presented at the @ATypI TechTalks.

@mekkablue @pksucks @schriftgestalt ☺️ I was mentioned before, that’s why I got involved in this and replied.

@lassefister @pksucks @schriftgestalt And @lassefister too 😊

@PixelAmbacht Looks like on Firefox (for Linux) all of the variation sliders on the page are broken. :-( Just reporting, I did not look into the reasons.

@PixelAmbacht @TiroTypeworks That’s using CLDR directly, see: github.com/graphicore/spe… but it has a drag and drop tool somewhere. @rosettatype also made hyperglot: hyperglot.rosettatype.com which seems more sophisticated.

Looking at pyfontaine, and wondering how easy/difficult it would be for someone to make a drag-and-drop web interface on top of it, so one could easily drop a font on it and get back a list of supported languages without needing to install and run locally? github.com/googlefonts/py…

@hhpapazian @OfficeOfCraig @_Face37 @luketonge @fontbureau @ATypI Yes, there is a way to not fully justify but just create a softly ragged column, within min/max values for XTRA, tracking, word-space. I think, the default may not be fully justified using word space.

@OfficeOfCraig @_Face37 @luketonge @lassefister @fontbureau @ATypI It's great to see some lines not being forced. Now take that truly to heart and leave boumas and wordspaces in their natural state, because what's actually terrible (for reading) is justification...

@OfficeOfCraig @_Face37 @luketonge @fontbureau @ATypI True, it’s directly from the browser. Control over line breaking and hyphenation is hardly implemented.

@simoncozens @fantasai About the "unknown screen size/orientation/resolution", I'd like to invite everyone to join the discussion. All you need to know to get started: graphicore.github.io/varla-varfo/ex… ;-)

Since the launch of #variablefonts in 2016, significant gains were made and interesting font products have been introduced. So why has adoption been so slow? @lassefister joins @dberlow @sannorozco @davelab6 to discuss how to move forward in “Calibrating Type.” #ATypITechTalks

With the launch of #variablefonts in 2016, truly advanced, inclusive typography became possible. So why has adoption of variations been so slow? @davelab6 joins @dberlow @sannorozco @lassefister for questions and ideas on how to move forward in “Calibrating Type.” #ATypITechTalks

@davelab6 @adamtwar @jai_type @lettersfromswe It depends in css how units are “anchored” css for print anchors usually to physical units, there one 1pt = 1/72in (and one px =1/96in) but for screens, units are anchored to the pixel defined by how big it appears at “typical viewing distance”, to avoid doing anything precise.

Reminder that InDesign uses its own font rendering engine, where Sketch and Figma render fonts exactly as the web sees them, it should be avoided for web design. 10px in InDesign isn't actually 10px

@thomas_lord „pimp“ like in the TV-show name „pimp my ride“, could also be „tune“ like in „car tuning“ or just improve. The tone is definitely more like „making a Porsche-Killer from a VW-Polo“ and the word „aufmotzen“ is often used in car-tuning context.

Can anyone tell me about the translation "pimp" here, please? It seems... maybe not right? (@lassefister ?)