Erwin Denissen Over the years, the OpenType specification has been improved and allows us to make advanced fonts. There are many benefits to all these new additions, like OpenType layout features, color, and support for variation, but this also makes it harder to spot problems.
Many fonts contain issues; most of them are harmless, like incorrect Panose data and superfluous glyphs. However, there are also more serious flaws that are important to detect before releasing a new font. During this presentation, Erwin Denissen will explain how to detect and fix issues in fonts with FontCreator. He will focus on how to detect and fix interpolation issues in variable fonts, and what specific font properties are important for a variable font so you can successfully export them as a variable font or as instances.
Other aspects, like how to make a variable font, how to test fonts within FontCreator and in a web browser, and ways to proof OpenType layout features, will also get some attention. If you try hard to release perfect fonts, you don’t want to miss this presentation.