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1. parent+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-11-18 21:34:05
I always felt a bit like a weirdo writing 7 that way - no one I know writes it that way. Glad to find there are other folks like me.
replies(2): >>neilpa+0e >>enz+Gt1
2. neilpa+0e[view] [source] 2023-11-18 22:55:56
>>parent+(OP)
I also write Z and z with a stroke. And then someone on Twitter suggested we should add it as an option. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it despite of writing it that way! It’s coming.
replies(2): >>oktwtf+Yk >>inferi+441
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3. oktwtf+Yk[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 23:27:25
>>neilpa+0e
Same! Cannot wait. I think I learned it from cursive and carried it over to sans.

Thanks Neil for a great product.

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4. inferi+441[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-19 04:08:31
>>neilpa+0e
I saw this, and the comment below asking why there are different versions of e.g. 0 and 7. Saw the variant picker on your site, and I can't help but wonder:

Do you have any plans to add the different variants in as stylistic alternates (SALTn tables)? This is how FontFont encoded two styles of numbers and other various symbols into a single OpenType font. With FF Zwo I like some of the alternates but not others and this lets me choose.

replies(1): >>neilpa+4f1
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5. neilpa+4f1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-19 05:44:08
>>inferi+441
They already are part of stylistic sets. So, for example, if you download a combination of 0 and 7 (regardless of which one), there are ss01-ss06 stylistic sets that encode other options in it.

The reason why we have a "font configurator" is because lot of terminals/IDEs/tools/OS, etc haven't got a full support for OpenType features. So we let users configure it as they like and it just works.

replies(1): >>inferi+c18
6. enz+Gt1[view] [source] 2023-11-19 08:19:16
>>parent+(OP)
I guess it’s also something cultural depending on where we live. I’m from France and here a lot of people cross 7 and Z, and write 1 with a bottom bar. When I went to Japan, I found that a lot of people were disturbed by those "European" variants.
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7. inferi+c18[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-20 22:03:02
>>neilpa+4f1
Oh that's good to know. Admittedly I didn't look too hard but I didn't see any indication that the salt tables were populated. Judging by the comments I may not be the only one.
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