From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Cc: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@freedom.nl>
Subject: [NTG-context] Re: Kerning ignored on some macOS TTC fonts
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 09:59:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a994aefb-bf85-406d-8a6e-d387ab1313eb@freedom.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-35d3e3b6-2c8b-47bc-838b-33c1def94669-1738661782966@trinity-msg-rest-webde-webde-live-56785d657d-h4kxn>
On 2/4/2025 10:36 AM, Paul Schalck via ntg-context wrote:
>> Why do you think these fonts have kern tables at all?
>> I looked at Optima.ttc with Fontforge and can’t find one.
>
> On my system, they do have kerning values.
>
> FontForge > Elemente > Schriftinformationen > Nachschlagetabellen > GPOS > kern
>
> As I wrote, I can generate new TTF fonts with FontForge from Optima.ttc for example, use them instead and ConTeXt then has access to the kerning table (see attached PDF). I was just wondering if there is a way to use the TTC files directly with ConTeXt.
liek this:
file:cambria.ttc(Cambria Math)
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-04 9:36 Paul Schalck via ntg-context
2025-02-04 10:57 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2025-02-05 8:59 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context [this message]
2025-02-05 11:49 ` Paul Schalck via ntg-context
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