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Erratic embeddability / Vendor ID specification

Open DIV-on-github opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

The embeddability of the fonts in this family is inconsistent.
I cannot see where this property is specified in any of the source files, but I notice that the Vendor ID is not specified for several of the fonts within the family, and those two issues seem to coincide precisely for every single one of the fonts.

https://github.com/mozilla/zilla-slab/blob/0a6fdf0d95d0c2a2fd39e41ec3039f9d53d5a06c/sources/ZillaSlab-Regular.ufo/fontinfo.plist#L139-L140

With respect to version 1.002 (OTF files)

  • Light: print & preview; Vendor ID not specified (licence agreement and licence URL also missing!)
  • Light italic: print & preview; Vendor ID not specified
  • Regular: installable; Vendor ID specified
  • Regular italic: installable; Vendor ID specified
  • Medium: print & preview; Vendor ID not specified
  • Medium italic: print & preview; Vendor ID not specified
  • SemiBold: print & preview; Vendor ID not specified
  • SemiBold italic: print & preview; Vendor ID not specified
  • Bold: installable; Vendor ID specified
  • Bold italic: print & preview; Vendor ID not specified

and

  • Highlight regular: editable; Vendor ID specified
  • Highlight bold: print & preview; Vendor ID not specified

DIV-on-github avatar Jun 06 '23 02:06 DIV-on-github

Screenshots illustrating issue.

Windows' Font Viewer (see bottom-right corner) ZillaSlab_FV_embeddability_Medium ZillaSlab_FV_embeddability_Regular

High-Logic's FontCreator (see middle) ZillaSlab_FC_properties_legal_Medium ZillaSlab_FC_properties_legal_Regular

DIV-on-github avatar Jun 06 '23 03:06 DIV-on-github

Relevant posts on other fora:

  • https://forum.tracker-software.com/viewtopic.php?p=169743
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/fonts/comments/13ybzah/technical_issue_with_zilla_slab_font_family_otf/
  • https://forum.high-logic.com/viewtopic.php?p=48735

DIV-on-github avatar Jun 06 '23 05:06 DIV-on-github

Issue in Word.
image (I hadn't seen the message in this screenshot before, but it is nevertheless symptomatic of the abovementioned issue.)

DIV-on-github avatar Jun 06 '23 12:06 DIV-on-github