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Measure optical size

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
design

Research direction

Review the existing measurements in the fontquant repository and determine which can support an optical-size heuristic for a given type style. Define what ideal point size or sizes should be reported, then validate the heuristic against representative type styles and document the resulting behavior.

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Description

Using mostly existing measurements, create a heuristic for determine the ideal point size(s) of use for any given type style.

Dominant language
Rust
Stars
25
Forks
1
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