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Font designers: I wrote a #fonttools tool to generate optimal `avar` weight axis mapping for a variable font. Take it for a spin:

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Hey Twitter,
Recently, I decided to continue the work of Andre Fuchs on The Ultimate List of Kerning Pairs.
He did some very interesting and smart research/analysis for Latin script, but only for Latin.
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Therefore, I'm writing this post to ask Cyrillic/Greek type designers/foundries if they would like to collaborate with me to improve the input data. I'm looking for fonts that support the standard (extended is better) glyph sets for each script.
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I have written a small Python script using fonttools to remove all outlines from a font file but keep all other data. This way, you can safely send me your fonts if you wish to collaborate.

DM if your are interested :)
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extending DrawBot with drawBotGrid!!! github.com/mathieureguer/… by @mathieureguer

If you are tired of looking for scripts to remove/delete/clear things, say hello to "CleanMyGlyphs" 🧹✨
@glyphsapp

I'm working on a huge project to build PDFs to learn how to design a specific script.

Here is the v0.1 for Cyrillic.

#script #drawbot #typedesign #learning #python

All these scripts will be available :

Building tools to analyse glyphs outlines is something really satisfying 🤖🪄

Glyph Inspector v2, using @drawbotapp
Fully automated 🙃

I'm thinking about learning to design Cyrillic Script.
I coded a DrawBot script to compare Latin and Cyrillic Forms and show outlines and widths diffs.

Do you think an approach like this could be useful ?

Adding Vertical Metrics and improve global design.

It is more convenient to compare different fonts on the same page for each pair comparison.

Adding more references from Google Fonts, and an average value of width diff.

I wrote DrawBot Auto-completion Snippets for VSCode, SublimeText and Atom. You can get them here :
github.com/HugoJourdan/Dr…
@drawbotapp

Updated Context Manager Repo with a Demo Video.
github.com/HugoJourdan/Co…

🧰​ New Glyphs Plugin : Context Manager
Build your own contextual words/strings library and access it dynamically.
github.com/HugoJourdan/Co…

If you are adventurous, and setting up a Python virtual environment doesn’t scare you: please join us in our quest to create an awesome browser-based font editor!
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