Fontrelated

Fontrelated refers to topics surrounding fonts and typography as used in design, publishing, and digital interfaces. It encompasses typeface design, font formats, rendering, metrics, licensing, and how fonts influence readability and aesthetics across media.

Digital font formats include TrueType (TTF), OpenType (OTF), and web-focused formats such as WOFF and WOFF2. OpenType combines outline data with additional typographic features, and supports ligatures, kerning, contextual alternates, small caps, and stylistic sets.

Metrics such as ascent, descent, baseline, and x-height, along with leading, determine how text is laid out. Rendering on screens involves anti-aliasing, hinting, and subpixel rendering, while print relies on device resolution. Variable fonts enable continuous variation along axes like weight, width, and slant.

Licensing and embedding govern how fonts may be used on websites, apps, or documents. Open licenses, such as the SIL Open Font License, and proprietary licenses create different rights and restrictions, including embedding permissions.

Accessibility and internationalization rely on broad Unicode support and script shaping, with engines like HarfBuzz handling complex scripts for languages such as Arabic, Devanagari, and Thai.

In practice, fontrelated work informs UI design, typesetting, branding, and digital publishing, balancing aesthetics with readability, performance, and licensing.