Tiro Typeworks on Nostr: nprofile1q…q26hz The question not being asked here is ‘Why are the ascent and ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqx6z9mywzlzkktvhq2hc32zqeyvk6magv2l5daefd70nh74w2rsuqlq26hz (nprofile…26hz) The question not being asked here is ‘Why are the ascent and descent metrics in the fonts so generous?’ It’s because of font makers trying to work around the inconsistent interpretation of font metrics in different browsers and other software, so putting default linespacing into the ascent and descent metrics and setting the actual linegap metric to zero. If metrics were set according to the font format specification, instead of font makers trying to accommodate the ways in which the metrics have been misapplied by various kinds of software for nearly forty years, the questions you are asking would not really arise.