@dberlow wrote in a private email about a new kind of next generation VF axis, which should be fleshed out and proposed.
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wdth and wght are range dominant and apps need to stick to the highest or lowest value of the axis, even if they have an input is outside the range.
Opsz is input dominated.
And there is a third hybrid type of behavior that could take the input and stretch an axes to match it. Opsz and Arabic ascenders and kashidas, e.g. could have no Maximum limit to store, but a blend, like Opsz, or a linear stretch, like ascenders, could mean the fullest extent is varied by input for the composition.
While I recognize this is not something that’s required for Latin, or pre-avar2 possible, the “endless axis” has stuck in my mind for over a decade since a Microsoft dinner with John.
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@dberlow wrote in a private email about a new kind of next generation VF axis, which should be fleshed out and proposed.
""" wdth and wght are range dominant and apps need to stick to the highest or lowest value of the axis, even if they have an input is outside the range.
Opsz is input dominated.
And there is a third hybrid type of behavior that could take the input and stretch an axes to match it. Opsz and Arabic ascenders and kashidas, e.g. could have no Maximum limit to store, but a blend, like Opsz, or a linear stretch, like ascenders, could mean the fullest extent is varied by input for the composition.
While I recognize this is not something that’s required for Latin, or pre-avar2 possible, the “endless axis” has stuck in my mind for over a decade since a Microsoft dinner with John. """