Notes for monthly update, May
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Done:
- improvements to irregular Latin
- sizing is refined in uppercase: glyphs no longer stand out a lot as being way too small, so things look more naturally varied
- irregular Cyrillic almost done
- Added "SemiRegular" instances at 50% Irregularity – makes a small difference in short texts, but a very big impact in longer texts
- Cyrillic is added to build randomization process
- Vietnamese is finished in irregular and improved overall, with decided glyphs for combined accents
- many upgrades to web specimen: https://next--shantell-sans-beta.netlify.app
- scrolling
- type tester
- character grid
- animations
- play/pause control
- footer
Aiming for:
- Irregular Cyrillic finished (or almost completely finished)
- Italics started
- More resolved approach to KernOn kerning
New ideas:
- Duplex "irregular" styles for worse spacing but improved animations (especially on web)? Or maybe this could be an axis? Not sure... Bounce is already duplexed, so for now I’m mostly just setting Irregularity statically, and animating only bounce.
Next month’s goals:
- Finish Italics
- Proof and refine kerning
- Ready for release?
- [Determine what is between here and there ... aside from the font, probably writing is a big part of this!]
- update axis definitions, follow up in axis registry
- follow up w/ Shantell on release blog post