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Read and write OpenType fonts using JavaScript.

7 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 2 stories, 5 comments · first 2014-04-24 · latest 2026-05-09

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  1. It could be done with opentype.js, but sadly it doesn't support `calt` GSUB type: https://github.com/opentypejs/opentype.js/issues/443 That said, we can have Notepad with built-in syntax highlighting now!…
    comment by niutech · 2024-08-26 · in Font with Built-In Syntax Highlighting
  2. …has some fun examples of what you can do creatively with variable fonts (best on desktop) [4] https://github.com/opentypejs/opentype.js [5] https://fontforge.org/en-US/
  3. Definitely raise an issue: https://github.com/nodebox/opentype.js/issues
  4. …manipulating its shape or metrics, consider using opentype.js directly. [1] http://paperjs.org/ [2] https://github.com/nodebox/opentype.js
  5. I have an interest in helping out. I've created opentype.js, an OpenType parser and generator ( https://github.com/nodebox/opentype.js ). I understand your concern for keeping the format declarative, but I'm not entirely sure you can…