davelab6 Updated README #76
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| With these, the TTF has named instances for all the styles in the v2.136 release, plus additional named instances for all styles along the Weight and Width axes given values in the OpenType OS/2 table. | ||
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| A new build script was written by [@m4rc1e](https://github.com/m4rc1e) that preserves outline overlaps and generates a Variable Font from these new UFOs; the earlier build system was thus discarded. | ||
| The hinting was transplanted from the v2.136 release TTFs to VTT using |
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The hinting was never taken from v2.136. That mapper was simply written because the glyph order changed during Mike's hinting.
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Comments on hinting in the read me could include warnings that:
to change contours by adding or deleting points,
or by removing overlaps,
will require developers to rehint those glyphs.
If review of something else, let me know.
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Yes, the mapper was made when we did the ‘diet’ version, that was discarded, so we preserved the full glyph repertoire and complete Mike’s hinting.
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| This will output a new TTF binary in `sources/master_ttf/Roboto-Regular.ttf` |
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Would be better to write
"Fonts will output to the fonts/ directory.
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@m4rc1e do you need anything from me to resolve these comments and merge ahead of the next release? |
@dberlow please review