Just van Rossum

Programmer, font developer, teacher

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2024-10-14 18:34:12

So faint! But my phone made it better with a long exposure shot.
https://typo.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/307/205/797/069/349/original/faa8a66071bec155.png

2024-09-23 16:31:45

📢 Fontra Live Demo: Save the date!
This Friday 27 September at 10am CEST
https://meet.google.com/xzn-grna-sxx
New Tools
New Features
New Panels
New Sidebars
New Visualizations
…
Looking forward to see you there!

2024-09-18 14:53:13

“Milton Friedman's idol-worshiping cult of shareholder supremacy was never about empiricism and objectivity. It's merely a gimmick to make greed seem scientifically optimal.”
https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/18/falsifiability/

2024-09-16 19:40:10

This video is a good intro into generative AI, and shows some unexpectedly fun applications. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMRi6pNAoag
It's still burning the planet, though.

2024-09-06 14:32:09

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@npub17yg…s5rv de --help suggereert dat je --flavor=woff2 moet toevoegen aan je opties.

2024-09-06 14:14:03

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@npub17yg…s5rv is de output wel echt woff2? Niet dat het resultaat perongeluk decompressed is?

2024-08-01 07:26:47

TypeNetwork partners with Paratype. Discuss.

2024-07-25 10:06:39

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@npub1urz…39sc carrier pigeon.

2024-07-25 08:56:01

In Today's Grumpiness: I still don't like Discord.

2024-06-14 16:03:21

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@npub1m9e…45ln My session starts here: https://www.youtube.com/live/f3HY5W91C1g?si=SFfWHPHLHFgvE3IS&t=19297

2024-05-03 12:46:04

Fontra's work-in-progress user documentation now has a more permanent place:
https://docs.fontra.xyz
Feedback and contributions are very welcome at https://github.com/googlefonts/fontra-docs

2024-03-20 20:36:54

Ever needed to programmatically rename glyphs in .fea files? Here's something I made: https://gist.github.com/justvanrossum/1f816294c55abd1e762976702b01e6b7
Disclaimer: this has been tested on all .fea test files in the fonttools test suite, but not yet on real fonts. Feedback welcome.
(I didn't expect this to be possible in under 100 lines.)
(Oh how I love singledispatch.)

2024-01-23 13:11:18

Oh Microsoft.
https://typo.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/805/429/073/134/997/original/6021d43bdec4c782.png

2024-01-18 16:03:03

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@npub1xqv…230r that’s good, too.

2024-01-18 07:50:08

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@npub1xqv…230r sounds like they are axes that belong to a glyph instead of the font? I sometimes call these glyph-local axes. The key to variable components. A single glyph having its own designspace. Although often it is an extension of the global designspace.

2023-12-21 19:39:51

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@npub1urz…39sc @npub1dy0…szlr credits to @npub1xwl…vqc7, he needed very little help

2023-12-21 19:33:40

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@npub1urz…39sc @npub1dy0…szlr this week’s theme was “let’s break it down and figure out the geometry”

2023-11-06 13:20:57

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@npub1urz…39sc @npub1tfa…xrmc I think I did indeed, and I’m equally certain I didn’t do the Fuse one.

2023-09-15 19:58:10

TIL to pretend I have a clean desktop
# don’t show icons on desktop
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false
killall Finder
# do show icons on desktop
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop true
killall Finder

2023-08-31 14:29:28

My most frequent web search:
undo unpushed git commit

2023-07-17 08:16:56

Feeling dumb today.
- Does InDesign's "superscript" feature not map to an OpenType feature? (I know the OpenType submenu, but that's far less convenient than the T² button)
- Does Word's "superscript" feature not map to an OpenType feature?
"sups" doesn't seem to be applied in either case.

2023-06-29 06:40:32

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@npub1xqv…230r @npub1cr5…0q03 @npub19ja…5znv note that Aleksandra is not yet on Mastodon, and this is some super dodgy "twitter replica" clone account that she has not given permission for, and did not know about.

2023-06-21 06:32:12

Who gets to design Arabic typography?
https://futuress.org/stories/arabic-typography/amp/

2023-06-20 12:31:12

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You can register for free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/typelab-2023-tickets-612478388347

2023-06-20 11:58:43

Today I'll do a more in-depth online demo of the current state of #Fontra, as part of @npub1m9e…45ln's TypeLab program.
It starts at 19:00 CEST, but the website will tell you your local time:
https://2023.typographics.com/typelab/#1862
It is free but you must register.

2023-05-24 21:02:25

I can't believe I'm watching @npub156j…lxwq' Linotype The Film for the first time, more than a decade after it came out. Enjoying it a lot. Favorite bit so far: various people mimicking the sounds of a Linotype machine.
Tip: You too can watch or download it for free this week, if you sign up for the Linotype Book Project newsletter: https://linotypebook.com/
I have no stake in this but I find it a very generous deal.