Issues with fonts under Linux

Glyphs
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The font that I created works great on my mac - installing it, putting it as a browser font all works as expected, however I have issues with it under Linux:

  1. The rendering doesn’t look good at all on browser - some letters look bigger than others and in general it’s extremely flaky.
  2. Placing the font as a default browser font in Firefox - didn’t work for some reason. Works for other fonts.
  3. In OpenOffice Writer, when I choose the font, it gives you a random weight of it to use and it doesn’t let you specify weight. The “Bold” button doesn’t work either.
2

Is this a variable font you’re talking about? Can you share some screenshots of what you mean?

3

Those rendering issues sound like problems with the hinting. MacOS (mostly) ignores hints, so it will look good.

did you export as TrueType or OpenType?

This should help: Learn — Search results for: ‘Hinting’ | Glyphs

4

Please refer to Linux experts what are the requirements for a default font in Firefox. I assume that you are missing some key characters.

5

Yes, my hints are wrong, fixing them now.