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Identify serif and terminal classes

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
design

Research direction

Read the linked article to understand the serif and terminal characteristics shown, then inspect the repository's existing font-analysis entry points and tests. Establish which curve properties can support classification and define tests for the expected classifications; done means the classifier can identify the requested serif and terminal classes mathematically.

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Description

https://www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/how-to-make-a-font

This is very nice and has some terminal names with their visually defining characteristics; would be great to have a fontquant classifier to detect these mathematically based on curve properties

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