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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon tonsky

Ascender / Descender / Cap Height

Open eikowagenknecht opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

Since you're suggesting in your blog article on centering (https://tonsky.me/blog/centering/) that all font designers should make sure to set the metrics so that ascender - cap-height = descender, I was wondering if your own font will switch to this as well.

Currently it seems that it does not fulfill this requirement:

  • Ascender 1800
  • Descender -600
  • Cap Height 1377

eikowagenknecht avatar Apr 25 '24 10:04 eikowagenknecht

Useful background information here:

https://glyphsapp.com/learn/vertical-metrics

cormullion avatar Apr 25 '24 13:04 cormullion

Yes I plan to

tonsky avatar Apr 25 '24 14:04 tonsky