[OpenFontLibrary] Font subsets

[Nicolas Spalinger]

James Weiner wrote:
> Hi people,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion for where I can get hold of a
> suggestion for a 'minimum useful' character set?
> 
> I am optimising some typefaces for @font-face use (they are currently
> ~350Kb) and I would prefer them to way in around 50-75Kb at most, but I
> also want them to be actually useful.
> 
> For now the site the subsetted fonts are for is only in English,
> although it may be internationalised in the coming years.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.

You're right: optimisation is a tradeoff: one man's bloat is another
man's absolute survival minimum :-)

As Nicolas M. has indicated the MES-x subsets are probably a good start.

Also please take into account any reserved font names requirements when
doing the subsetting.


> Cheers, James

Cheers,

-- 
Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer
Debian/Ubuntu font teams / OpenFontLibrary
http://planet.open-fonts.org


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