Nick Sherman

Reproducible settings

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First, I'd like to say how much I like Curve Equalizer. I use it all the time. Thanks for making it! In the more recent versions though, I miss the...

First of all: very cool tool! When an axis only covers a range of, say, zero to one, the sliders don't offer a smooth transition because they are rounding to...

A tire / wheel glyph would be excellent

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Ref: https://emojipedia.org/wheel/

Separate variable & static view modes

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I’ve been using FontGoggles a lot more in my workflow recently and it is extremely helpful (and impressively fast). Especially when previewing directly from a .designspace file, it saves me...

Set family name for variable fonts directly in designspace

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Currently (as far as I know) any variable font generated from a designspace file will inherit its font family name from the default source. However, especially with the new ability...

Support for CFF-flavored variable fonts

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It'd be great to be able to test CFF2 variable fonts in Samsa. I know some people grumble about the inclusion of CFF2 in the spec for variable fonts, but...

Location mapping / designspace mesh warping

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The [`` element](https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/designspaceLib/xml.html#map-element) is very useful for establishing non-linear designspace progression along nominally linear userspace axes (e.g. snapping irregularly spaced weight instances to the regular increments of 100 typically used...

Lag continues even after closing extension

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I always notice some lag when I use Glyph Construction, which is understandable since there is a lot of component previewing going on. However, the lag continues even after I've...