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Safari Technology Preview 183 is out!

What's new?
• `text-wrap: balance` and `text-wrap-style`
• `allow-downloads` for frames
• `ArrayBuffer.prototype.transfer`
• updated `IntlMathematicalValue`
• and a pile of bug fixes, some of which now bring our Interop 2023 score up to 96.7%

https://webkit.org/blog/14769/release-notes-for-safari-technology-preview-183/

Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 183

Safari Technology Preview Release 183 is now available for download for macOS Sonoma and macOS Ventura.

WebKit

I’m working on an app that makes use of highlighting quite a bit. One of the fonts I’m using has a bit too much extra padding above the text and when used with a tight line-height, the highlights can overlap and cause issues.

I’ve made some adjustments to the font by opening it up in fonttools and adjusting the ascent / ascender metrics… and it seems to work. But it can’t be that easy can it? Am I missing anything?

Anyone run into hyphenation issues where a letter gets clipped and wraps to the next line?
Before you close a web page make sure you scroll up to the top, so it’s in the right position for the next person

I went to IKEA wearing a jacket with some yellow and blue and it took just one person asking me where the mirrors were before I had a small line of people asking me questions

I did pretty good overall!! But when I hit the first stumper I just said “hey sorry I just started here” and they understood but why did I say that

Klim Type Foundry · Family fonts

Family is an everyday typeface based on Clearface—originally designed by father and son, Morris Fuller and Linn Boyd Benton. As an extension of its lineage, Family keeps Clearface’s easy-going curves and idiosyncrasies, while updating it for modern use.

Are there any Mac apps that do a good job of converting fonts between formats? Every few months I need to convert a font from .ttf to .woff2 and never remember how I did it the last time with fonttools.

Queens Sans from @Kilotype is oozing with character. Love it so much.

https://kilotype.de/families/queens-sans

Kilotype

Kilotype is an independent type publisher.

Roboto Serif - Google Fonts

Roboto Serif is a variable typeface family designed to create a comfortable and frictionless reading experience. Minimal and highly functional, it is useful any

Google Fonts