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Opentype.js Release 2.0.0 💥

Finally Version 2.0 of opentype.js ist out! I was waiting for this really long. Opentype.js ist the backbone of FontDrop! And I can't wait to implement it... but when... 😕

https://github.com/opentypejs/opentype.js

#opentype #fontdrop

Andrew Bellamy from the Otherwhere Collective built Relay, a fontdrop website. It’s in beta stage and he asks for your feedback (via mail):

https://otherwherecollective.com/relay-beta/

#webfonts #variablefonts #fontdrop

🧑‍💻 There were a few updates on #FontDrop recently, many small adjustments but also two big ones:

1️⃣ – Performance
You can now drop your 15MB CJK #fonts on FontDrop! without freezing the browser. There is now a "Load more" functionality for the rendering of the glyphs. Only this first 1.000 glyphs get rendered on initial loading.

➡️ https://fontdrop.info/

It is just a small thing in #fontdrop — for variable fonts FontDrop will now also show the specific axis values for a predifined instance (this was not shown before).

➡️ https://fontdrop.info/

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Checking CJK fonts in #fontdrop is slow, but also fun..

✅ Added another little exrtra on #fontdrop : There is a copy to clipboard button now for #unicode glyphs in the glyphs overview for quickly copying characters.

https://fontdrop.info/

There is a new subpage on #fontdrop -- Advance Width Report:

It sorts the glyphs of a given font by width.

There are predefined character groups, such as uppercase and lowercase letters. There's a text input for adding additional characters and a tolerance slider for adding additional tolerance to the width groups.

https://fontdrop.info/#/awsort

#Development #Techniques
Pick characters for font subsetting · A JavaScript snippet to help you with the hand-picking https://ilo.im/1645x8

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#Subsetting #Font #FontDrop #Glyphhanger #WebPerf #WebDev #Frontend #JavaScript

@workingwithtype thanks for #fontDrop !
It is a really useful tool for me as a Type Designer.

Will repeat my little #introduction here on the new server:

I'm Viktor, living and working in #berlin (Germany). Every day I work with or on #type​, designing new #typefaces or #layouts and do consulting work on type and #typography

I've developed a #webtool for a quick looking into #fonts: http://fontdrop.info #fontdrop

#design and #typography is not only about #reading and #writing it is also about connecting to #society #politics and #technology 😀