Stephen Nixon

I'm a little unsure of @davelab6's specific request here. In Recursive, there are "Italic" named instances that use slnt=-15. These are indicated in fvar and STAT tables. Google Fonts and...

In Recursive, CRSV can be used to override the default rvrn substitutions which occur along the Slant axis. This allows an upright Italic or a slanted Roman.

Yes to the above! I might also add... - [ ] line height is reasonable* * “reasonable” is within the ballpark of Roboto / SF / IBM Plex / Source...

The challenges don’t suggest that we shouldn’t use these parameters, but more that the check should probably include an explanation of which kinds of fonts it applies to (and possibly...

I like this proposal in general, as I also wish that supporting printer software didn’t mean making web fonts bigger. > What is the most efficient (preferably low cost) way...

> "Weight axis range should be from 0-1000." > > Should we expect that all fonts with a 'wght' axis have a range of exactly 0-1000 ? (If so, then...

Also, it is not required that "wght default is 400". The spec says: > Recommended or required “Regular” value: 400 is required. Variable fonts should probably include a `400` value...

@davelab6 > use filenames indicate the status, so that users can manage their font installation themselves. ...For users, the same situation has been around for 20 year for OTF and...

Unfortunately, no, neither defcon nor fontParts have something like that.

Hey Simon, thanks so much for explaining that! Totally understandable that the GF fix script would exist to fix things to Google Fonts specs. Looking again, I see there is...