Arrange a meeting for those interested in developing feature file formats

[simoncozens]

As discussed in the UFO meeting.

[simoncozens]

@tamirhassan

[josh-hadley]

@simoncozens from the UFO meeting way back when, our understanding was that you were going to organize this meeting. Are you still planning to do that?

[simoncozens]

I am. Sorry, I dropped the ball here. Today I was reminded, and Tamir wants to attend. I'll propose some dates.

[simoncozens]

This Doodle poll has a range of times (afternoon/evening Europe, morning/daytime US) for the week after next:

https://doodle.com/poll/g2frbryziag32qqh

I'll put together a suggested agenda on Monday.

[simoncozens]

@punchcutter @cjchapman @alerque @typemytype @mathieureguer @arialcrime @typoman @mhosken.

[cjchapman]

@schriftgestalt, @frankrolf, & @kaydeearts see the Doodle poll above about setting a time for "a meeting for those interested in developing feature file formats".

[schriftgestalt]

Thanks for mentioning this.

[lianghai]

@simoncozens Seems like Monday evening is preferred by the most? If we start at 5 pm [UTC+1—afterthought] we get Cosimo.

[tamirhassan]

@simoncozens Is the meeting time decided yet? If it's going to be on the coming Monday, it would be great to know the time a little in advance. Thanks!

[simoncozens]

Sorry, yes - this coming Monday, 4pmUTC! I think I actually intended a week later so I thought I still had lots of time.

Zoom invitation below. Waiting room enabled. For security if I don’t recognise your name, bear with me and I’ll ask you to ping me via another medium.

Rough agenda:

1. Brief intro to existing projects - 3 mins per project max.
2. Approaches to “variable layout” - 20 mins max
3. Notable features from existing projects and desires for other people’s projects! - remainder of time.

Simon Cozens is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Feature File Format Chat
Time: Mar 15, 2021 04:00 PM London

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[simoncozens]

Apologies : 4pm UTC, not 5. (I blame liang but really it’s just that I’m terrible at anything administrative...) Post and invite updated.

[lianghai]

Apologies : 4pm UTC, not 5. (I blame liang but really it’s just that I’m terrible at anything administrative...) Post and invite updated.

(Hahaha my bad… Somehow I entirely forgot about the timezone issue—and lived in a perfect world for a minute.)

[tiroj]

Phooey. I have another meeting at the same time.

If anyone feels like playing my role in this meeting: just repeatedly state that the feature file format should be suitable to live at a level below graphical user interfaces, higher-level input and programming languages, and generally be something that font makers should only need to look at as a last resort.

[schriftgestalt]

We wrote down some additions we did/are planing to the fea syntax in Glyphs:
https://github.com/schriftgestalt/GlyphsSDK/wiki/Extending-the-Feature-File-Syntax

[mhosken]

What descriptive elements would you see as needing to be accessed from a GUI? I know of APs and the insertion of tagged code from code generators. Anything else?

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[simoncozens]

I've put together a slide deck for later today, which summarises what I know of existing projects/suggestions. Please feel free to comment:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hcfx2kE8GBQ5bpj67GyE2oQ0ufy-I0JlmWg5czqZocw/edit?usp=sharing

[frankrolf]

Just in case … https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

[belluzj]

Thanks for organizing! Will there be meeting minutes? Do you need help with taking notes? (I will attend unless a previous meeting overruns).

[simoncozens]

We'll take minutes in a Google doc, yes.

[simoncozens]

Actually I will probably need help taking notes because I don't think I'll be able to share slides and take notes at the same time.

[simoncozens]

If you’re “RL” and you’re trying to get into the meeting, please let me know who you are.

[belluzj]

Where are you taking notes?

[bobh0303]

Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kZmZWO_dH8H91Kue0r2-m7ob9X1y31W-KdpHf23XpLw/edit