Acknowledgments

Google Fonts Sponsorship

This project has two goals:

1. Create test fonts for the Chrome implementation
2. Document the steps for type designers to use avar2 in their fonts

By spearheading avar2, Google Fonts achieves its motto of “Beautiful text, Google scale” and reflects its values of Compression, Expression, Automation, and Animation.

Special Thanks

I greatly appreciate the contributions of:

• Dr. Dan Reynolds and Kerstin Wallbach for their in-depth explanations of phototypesetting and providing photos of diatype discs and diatonic plates.

• Dr. Frank E. Blokland for his demonstration and screenshots of the Ikarus software and his feedback on the type design history section.