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My How-to on creating color variable fonts using Free / Libre tools such as @fontra and #fontTools

https://youtu.be/ccLsHdmHByQ

I've been trying to figure out what #FontLab 5 does under the title of “Matrix Multiplication”. The #Python docs tell us “Matrix - class to represent planar transformations” and then just say “Matrix(a, b, c, d, e, f) - creates a Matrix and assigns coordinates from float numbers” …
Now those matrices are supposed to represent transformations somehow. My knowledge from #FontTools says that a “Transform” with six values is xx, xy, yx, yy, dx, dy, with the identity transform being 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0.

I've been trying to figure out what #FontLab 5 does under the title of “Matrix Multiplication”. The #Python docs tell us “Matrix - class to represent planar transformations” and then just say “Matrix(a, b, c, d, e, f) - creates a Matrix and assigns coordinates from float numbers” …
Now those matrices are supposed to represent transformations somehow. My knowledge from #FontTools says that a “Transform” with six values is xx, xy, yx, yy, dx, dy, with the identity transform being 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0.

Today I had a call with Andreas Nymark @andreasnymark about his Kirby @getkirby foundry plug-in @Fountain.

What I have seen is really promising and exciting! A lot of automated processes thanks to #FontTools implementation. Like subsetting, trial fonts or #woff2 conversion.

You can sign up for his newsletter to stay in the loop: https://fountain.nymarktype.co

vfbLib can now be installed via pip from pypi: https://pypi.org/project/vfbLib/
#Python #FontTools

#TIL openType fonts have features and you can make some of them default

#fonts #openType #FontTools #pyFtFeatFreeze

In the field of #typography and #type #technology, a publication of June 14 sparks the fire.
Below my attempt to list a chronology of subjectively chosen elements linked to it.
http://pads.osp.kitchen/p/type-blm
With #Alphabettes #blm #diversity #non-latin #scripts @kupfers @bb #HrantPapazian #Jean-FrancoisPorchez #JohnHudson #BehdadEsfahbod #harfbuzz #abuse #racism #colonialism #Adobe #SairusPatel #CFF2 #Microsoft #PeterConstable #svg #OpenType #Monotype #UFO #JuanVillanueva #tdc #TypeDirectorClub #BobbyCMartinJr. #EmmanuelBesse #Underware #NadineChahine #TanyaGeorge #Font and #Text #w3c #shaping #layout #encoding #formats #fonttools #FrederickBrennan #FontForge #StrokedFonts #StrokeFonts #Google #Facebook #Iran #ISO #OFF #specifications #specs #DaveCrossland #JamesClark #standard #LiangHai #AdamTwardoch #SimonCozens #VladLevantovsky #EricMuller and others.