franktisellano/datatype v1.2.0

v1.2.0 — Google Fonts Compliance Update

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What's New

This release focuses on Google Fonts compliance improvements in preparation for directory submission.

Font Quality Fixes

• Vertical metrics — corrected sTypoAscender, sTypoDescender, usWinAscent, usWinDescent to match Google Fonts requirements
• Font version — head.fontRevision now explicitly matches version string 1.100
• PANOSE — fixed bProportion to correctly reflect the mixed-width nature of the font
• Designer name — added Name ID 9 to the name table
• STAT table — restructured from Format 4 (multi-axis) to Format 1/3 (single-axis) with correct GF Axis Registry coordinates (wdth 50=UltraCondensed, 150=ExtraExpanded)
• Mac name entries — stripped all Mac platform name table entries per Google Fonts policy
• Smart dropout — added prep table with TrueType smart dropout control for consistent rendering across devices
• ScriptLangTags — added meta table declaring Latin script support (dlng/slng)

Named Instances

Renamed cross-axis instances to use STAT-derivable name combinations per GF Axis Registry:

• ThinNarrow → Thin UltraCondensed
• LightCompact → Light Condensed
• LightWide → Light ExtraExpanded
• MediumWide → Medium Expanded
• SemiBoldCompact → SemiBold Condensed
• BlackWide → Black ExtraExpanded

What's Included

Variable Fonts

• Datatype[wdth,wght].ttf — variable font with weight (100–900) and width (50–150) axes
• Datatype[wdth,wght].woff2 — web-optimized variable font

Static Instances (in Datatype-v1.2.0-static.zip)
15 pre-generated instances in TTF + WOFF2:
9 standard weights (Thin → Black) + 6 cross-axis instances (Thin UltraCondensed, Light Condensed, SemiBold Condensed, Medium Expanded, Light ExtraExpanded, Black ExtraExpanded)

License

Datatype is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.