Paul van der Laan

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Vertical alignment is inconsistent between variable and non-variable files

@mjabbink We delivered an update that should fix the issue but this repository still contains the previous version. Can someone push an update?

Questions & Suggestions for CJK, figure design, variable fonts and Greek script

@mjabbink I think you meant: "Greek is not included in Plex Mono". Latest version of Plex Serif (v3.0) has support for Greek.

[makeotf] PUA unicodes automatically assigned to /dieresisacute and /dieresisgrave

Thanks for the example. I wish there was a way to disable any of this automatic mapping when a GlyphOrderAndAliasDB file is supplied during compilation. At least it would be...

[makeotf] PUA unicodes automatically assigned to /dieresisacute and /dieresisgrave

In our workflow we always create our own GlyphOrderAndAliasDB files based on the actual mapping in the source files themselves. Therefore glyphs such as `Aacute` will always be mapped correctly...

[makeotf] PUA unicodes automatically assigned to /dieresisacute and /dieresisgrave

What I meant is that each font gets its own GlyphOrderAndAliasDB file which is dynamically generated when exporting FDK files. The content of that file is based on the name...

進 (U+9032) in IBM Plex Sans JP has an interpolation bug

@Marcus98T please report this in one of the appropriate TC issues. That is easier to keep track of. Thank you.

docs claim incorrectly that certain `name` table entries can be overriden

I agree that most of these fields need to follow the OT spec and that the FDK wants to ensure by default that it is happening correctly. (In essence all...

TrueType: IBM Plex Sans Regular: zero.tosf.alt01: The dot is slightly misshapen.

Well spotted. Thank you!

Greek support in Plex Mono?

IBM Plex Sans Chinese is still not finished. This — together with Korean and Japanese — has demanded most of the resources for the past years. IBM Plex Math has...

[Arabic] These combinations appear wrongly

Please elaborate on your post before we can take a look into this. What is wrong in your opinion? What would be right? Under what conditions (OS / application) does...