"A" of the Lexend font is displayed differently on the web on iMacs about lexend HOT 12 OPEN

Generated woff2: https://github.com/googlefonts/lexend/tree/main/fonts/lexend/webfonts

You can generate webfonts using https://github.com/bramstein/homebrew-webfonttools

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I have generated woff2 files with transfonter.org and replaced them in my project. Unfortunately, I haven't received any feedback from the client yet. I will let you know when he gets back to me :)

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Hi @inreti-sb,

we experienced the same with one of our clients. Has the problem been solved for you?

Greetings from the neighbourhood
Matt

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Greetings Matt,

unfortunately not. Good to know we are not alone with this.
@RosaWagner made the latest commits, maybe she can push this. :)

Greetings back from the neighbourhood
Sebastian

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From what I see the contour direction is correct. You are experiencing an issue with variable font support (ie older OS and browsers not rendering some overlaying contours properly). You can download the static ttf fonts from this repository (they have merged contours) and self-host them to avoid this problem. Or you can upgrade the machine for better support (if it is easy to do of course).

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Hey Rosa, thanks for taking time and the fast reply!
I didn't used variable fonts in this client project, only web formats of typefaces light (300) and medium (500).
And my and my clients OS and browsers are up to date.
Any further ideas what the reason could be?

Greetings to Berlin
Sebastian

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GF API doesn't merge contours even for static fonts, which is a bit of a pity tbh. Did you try with the fonts from this repo? I can generate woff2 if needed.

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That's an interresting and promising hint, @RosaWagner !
Just tried to generate woff and woff2 files from this repo via FontSquirrel, but the services says files are corrupted.
Therefore, I would like to accept your offer and I'm interresting which software/service you are using for this. Thanks!

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Great. Thank you! Didn't have a Mac (and especially iMac for testing this issue) on my own, so have to wait until I can use one in my surrounding. Will let you know if that did the trick! Maybe @mattweb is faster.. :)

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I had the same issue, and it was solved when I used the WOFF2 version referenced above by @RosaWagner.

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Another way to download the woff2 version directly from Google Fonts without the capital “A” glitch is by using Google Fonts Downloader.

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One more tip for those using fontTools to convert ttf fonts to woff2: make sure to use the --no-glyf-transform option to avoid the problem on Macs. Example:

fontTools ttLib.woff2 compress -o /Users/Username/Desktop/Lexend/static/Lexend-Regular.woff2 /Users/Username/Desktop/Lexend/static/Lexend-Regular.ttf --no-glyf-transform

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