P.S.: here is a sample feature file for Adobe Minion Pro (2004) made public by Adobe: http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?233@@.3bb58628!enclosure=.3bb58629 On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Vasile Gaburici <vgaburici@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Editing OpenType feature tables with fontforge is a big PITA. Adding a > locl table to Linux Libertine, see > [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Tasks/Ro_fonts#Linux_Libertine], > took me three hours (testing included). And that just for the regular > font. Parts of the table are (or rather should be) common between > files, but fontforge doesn't support that, so I have to start over for > the bold and italic! > > This presentation > [http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/atypi2006/slye_lisbon-05.pdf] > should give you an idea what the right tool for the job is like. The > good news is that Adobe FDK is free (as in beer). The bad news is that > Adobe makes only Win32 and OS X versions of it. Does anyone here have > any experience with it? Does it work in wine? > > Also, does anyone know any FOSS tool that uses Adobe feature files or > similar text based files (please not that thingie that converts fonts > to XML). Fontforge is supposed to be able to import fea files, but > currently it's broken (does nothing); maintainers have been > notified... > > -- Vasile > _______________________________________________ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
