Re: Variable fonts redux
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.fonts.fontconfig |
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| Organization | Geek Central |
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:58:41 -0400, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > - Expose slant & italic standard axes as well, but Fontconfig > shoves FC_SLANT_ITALIC and FC_SLANT_OBLIQUE in the same element, > with these values: > > #define FC_SLANT_ROMAN 0 > #define FC_SLANT_ITALIC 100 > #define FC_SLANT_OBLIQUE 110 > > The varfonts axis for italic has a 0..1 range, 1 meaning italic. > And the slant axis uses slant angle. We can: > > - Deprecate FC_SLANT element and add two new ones, eg FC_ITALIC > and FC_SLANT_ANGLE. I don't like this particularly, > > - Repurpose FC_SLANT for *italic*, since the 0..1 range maps > nicely to FC_SLANT_ITALIC=100, and add FC_SLANT_ANGLE for the > slant. I don't particularly like to confusing names here either. > So I'm open to suggestions. Do you want alternative noun forms? How about “italicity” and “obliquity”? Or even “lean”? There’s also the technical terms for the linear transformation: “skew” or “shear”. _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig