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DINishPreview v3.900

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@driehuis driehuis released this 20 Aug 21:28
· 44 commits to normalise since this release

As discussed in the release plans #10, here's a preview of the result of the new build process, and a massive normalisation and cleanup of almost al glyphs in support of an eventual release including a fully functional Variable Font. This preview release is intended for testing and is therefore called DINishPreview. If you think it's the best thing since sliced bread, feel free to use it for whatever you fancy, but be aware a lot has changed under the hood and issues may be lurking.

The Expanded fonts in this release are extremely limited, they will receive TLC before the final release. Also, Italic has received short shrift, which will also be addressed in the final release.

This release includes the regular width and condensed, with all weights of from 300 to 800 as separate instances, recommended for word processing and the many other tools that do not (or not fully) support variable fonts. There is also a variable font (in TrueType and OpenType formats), that can generate all widths between Condensed and Regular, and all weights between 300 and 800. I tried it in the TBDR font animator, as well as on https://www.vartype.com/, and it seems to work as advertised, but YMMV.

Please report any issues to the Discussions section. Or success stories, if it's fit enough for your purpose!

Please note that this pre-release was not built using source controlled tools, and unlike normal releases, the attached files may be updated or even removed entirely. This preview will be pulled once the final version lands.