Ascender / Descender / Cap Height
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Description
Since you're suggesting in your blog article on centering (https://tonsky.me/blog/centering/) that all font designers should make sure to set the metrics so that ascender - cap-height = descender, I was wondering if your own font will switch to this as well.
Currently it seems that it does not fulfill this requirement:
- Ascender 1800
- Descender -600
- Cap Height 1377
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Research direction
Start with the linked centering article and inspect the font's current ascender, descender, and cap-height definitions. Compare the generated font metrics with the stated relationship, and confirm that the intended values are applied consistently across the font outputs.
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Assessment
- Domain
- design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100