[NTG-context] Re: Kerning ignored on some macOS TTC fonts

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Am 04.02.25 um 10:36 schrieb Paul Schalck via ntg-context:
>> 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.

You’re right, I looked in the wrong place, sorry. (Didn’t use Fontforge 
for years…)

Hraban
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