Re: Pango support for `size' OpenType feature?

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Werner LEMBERG wrote:
Yes, but for example fc-list (version 2.8.0) gives the following for
lmroman12-regular.otf:

   Latin Modern Roman,LM Roman 12:style=12 Regular,Regular

Both `Latin Modern Roman' and `LM Roman 12' should work IMHO as the
input for the `size' feature.

That would be extremely confusing.

I don't think so.

Imagine in a design app, if you specifically choose the 12 variant,
you really don't want another one to be used.

On the contrary, I think it would be confusing if it depends on the
font name the user selects whether the `size' feature gets applied or
not.

The 'LM Roman 12' you're referring to in your fc-list output is just an alternative family name for this particular file and is not technically related to the design size property of that font, and I think using it in a pattern should only treat it as that and not try to guess some other property values out of it (or substitute it with the Preferred Name, for that matter).

NB. it's the second value in the 'family' property, hence most pickers won't show it anyway.

The user should switch off this font's `size' feature if it is not
desired.

Users will always be able to switch the property off (once it's implemented) by means of fontconfig rules.

Raimund


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