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Fix x-height overshoot for hinting

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Nico Verbruggen
2026-03-14 12:38:28 +01:00
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@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ To get to the final result, I decided to use the variable font and work on it. T
After running `build.py`, you should get:
- `out/sfd`: FontForge source files (generated)
- `out/ttf`: final TTF fonts (generated)
## Prerequisites
@@ -87,4 +86,4 @@ To customize the font family name, disable old-style kerning, or skip outline fi
python3 build.py --customize
```
The build script (`build.py`) uses `fontTools` and FontForge to transform the Newsreader variable fonts into Readerly. Configuration and step-by-step details live in the header comments of `build.py`.
The build script (`build.py`) uses `fontTools` and FontForge to transform the Newsreader variable fonts into Readerly. After export, it post-processes the TTFs: clamping x-height overshoots that cause uneven rendering on e-ink, normalizing style flags, and autohinting with `ttfautohint` for Kobo's FreeType renderer. Configuration and step-by-step details live in the header comments of `build.py`.