@letterror @splorp @middaparka @billgoats (if not, I think it may be time for a Super Specification to at least describe, if not implement, all the abilities … last year I did a deep dive into the Windows 2.x vector fonts, which nobody remembers let alone implements anymore …)

Then there’s the more basic specs like “how do we spec that a bitmap font is supposed to be 2:1 aspect ratio?” I do love the Apple Shaston font, for being a loving implementation to be aesthetic in spite of the cruel limitations of 200-line video from the days of non-interlaced SD CRT video. It’s a better solution than the 5 minutes spent designing the CGA font, for example.

@letterror @splorp @middaparka @billgoats I was about to bring that up — surely the original font is pushing beyond the limits of our current technology

But now I’m thinking of the “San Francisco” font announcement a few WWDCs ago, and the plethora variant sizes and weights built into a single face & file … and wondering:

Have we eclipsed TrueType GX yet?

@billgoats @europlus Let’s also hold a flame for QuickDraw II (GS/OS Boogaloo)

https://archive.org/details/IIgs_2523072_QuickDraw_II_Quirks