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TypeNetwork / variable-fonts-info-site

A brochure website to demonstrate the benefits of variable fonts
https://variablefonts.typenetwork.com
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TypeTools Scaling issue #56

Closed dberlow closed 5 years ago

dberlow commented 5 years ago

We need for general purposes and today's work in particular, tot week the scaling of type in Typetools, as illustrated in the pdf below.

Sizing issue.pdf

The side-by-side compare uses matching size, linespacing and opsz values, but the results are wildly different and we can't adjust illustrator.

ghost commented 5 years ago

The size difference is probably related to Illustrator's using points vs the browser using px, which are defined by CSS to be 3/4 of a point. I can try changing typetools to use pt instead of px for the size, but this might introduce some issues with opsz which I believe is calibrated to px numbers.

Alternatively, is there a px option in Illustrator?

ghost commented 5 years ago

I've made an attempt to switch typetools to points for size and leading. It scales opsz to be 4/3 of the size value. Everything is a lot bigger now!

dberlow commented 5 years ago

I'm going to make an attempt to fill out a sheet each for 10-14-48 opsz, carving out a user space from there.