Typophile

MyFonts and class kerning

Roger S. Nelsson

Hi all (and especially Adam or Nick, if you're here ;)

Anyone know when MyFonts will update their sample renderer to use (GPOS) class kerning for the samples?
Or should I re-generate my fonts to include expanded old-style "kern" tables just to make the samples on MyFonts look good? (With the added benefit of them perhaps better supporting older applications kerning-wise?)

My "problem" at the moment is:
I have just released a batch of fonts on MyFonts.
A foundry's best selling font is used for the header on the foundry page.
My current best seller is a font called "Dynamic BRK Pro", and its design means that without class kerning applied my foundry name reads like "CheapP roF onts"!
It does not look good, and I'm afraid customers will think my fonts actually HAVE such abysmal kerning (which they don't)...

Hence my question.

So... Should I wait for MyFonts to improve their sample engine, or should I put "legacy" information in my fonts?

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Currently no GPOS features are working (including kerning) but the new update for the OpenType engine will fix both GPOS problems as well as complex-script rendering problems (and a number of other smaller problems).

Cheers,
Adam

http://typophile.com/node/55966

Roger S. Nelsson

I remember reading that, but I would like to know WHEN it will be updated... ;)

And whether including an oldstyle expanded "kern" feature (in addition to the proper OpenType class kerning) is recommended practice anyway...

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