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Hey font tech twitter, which is currently your number one source of external problems?

Behdad was on a roll with the ASCII art! Excellent work.

Which Python version are you using FontTools with? Context: we are thinking of dropping support for Python 3.7 before its scheduled end-of-life around mid next year: github.com/fonttools/font… Shout if you'd like us to continue supporting Python 3.7 for a few more months!

What I feared turns out to be true: Adobe software has surpassed MS Office as a major source of font dev frustrations (at least in my bubble) x.com/justvanrossum/…

Screen made with quad blobs, refreshed from 2016

As good as it gets with rounded rectangles in CSS

Job opening at Black[Foundry] Looking for a web developer to contribute to Fontra, a browser-based font editor. github.com/BlackFoundryCo…

Article "The Origins of Python" by my mentor, Lambert Meertens. inference-review.com/article/the-or…

If you're at #ATypI: we will be talking about our browser-based font editor #Fontra on Friday, from 12:00 until 12:30 in Salle 108. Perhaps there will be some stickers left! typo.social/@justvanrossum…

so, a $2000 flight to a conference in a city with an average low-end price of $150/night for accommodation, plus a ticket that cost $575 for non-members (this year)? i want you to please dig deep and be expeditiously for real when you say you want a more diverse type industry.

Fontra: Progress Report fontra.xyz/Fontra_ATypI_2…

Don't miss Today !! Just van Rossum will do a 1 hour demo of the current state of Fontra at Typographics TypeLab: 2023.typographics.com/typelab/#1862 Free event! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/typelab-2023… Discord: discord.gg/23Egmxmj Web page: fontra.xyz

🎙️Fontra Event! This Friday 20th of October Just van Rossum is going to do a live demo of Fontra, our WIP Font Editor. The demo will last 40 minutes, leaving 20 minutes at the end for discussion. Make a note in your calendar! meet.google.com/jxf-rvst-cib fontra.xyz

The first Fontra live demo is online! Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/Kf0B2IN7Ig8?fe…

A reminder that our FONTRA live demo will happen this Friday from 10AM CEST! Don’t miss out, save this link: meet.google.com/xzn-grna-sxx 🖤 Just van Rossum

You are invited to our third live demo Fontra happening on the 1st of March 2024! Just van Rossum and gaetan baehr will be presenting and answering questions at the end! Save the date! 📅 Link to the google meet: meet.google.com/xzn-grna-sxx

📢 Live Public Demo: Save the date! This Friday 27 September at 10am CEST meet.google.com/xzn-grna-sxx New Tools New Features New Panels New Sidebars New Visualizations … Looking forward to see you there!

New in today’s build: "Export As…" - Build actual fonts - Convert .glyphs files to .fontra or Designspace + UFO - … fontra.xyz

For example: Export any new project to a TTF font!

We started a Fontra blog, check it out: blog.fontra.xyz/blog/introduct… The first post is a bit of a recap / state of Fontra summary. Future posts will be about features and ongoing development.