Continue filling in the list of FontFeatures #23730

Hixie · 2021-01-16T00:13:54Z

This adds support and documentation for:

FontFeature.alternative(n)
FontFeature.alternativeFractions()
FontFeature.contextualAlternates()
FontFeature.caseSensitiveForms()
FontFeature.characterVariant(v)
FontFeature.denominator()
FontFeature.fractions()
FontFeature.historicalForms()
FontFeature.historicalLigatures()
FontFeature.liningFigures()
FontFeature.localeAware(enable: false)
FontFeature.notationalForms(v)
FontFeature.numerators()
FontFeature.oldstyleFigures() (documentation)
FontFeature.ordinalForms()
FontFeature.proportionalFigures() (documentation)
FontFeature.randomize() (minor additions to documentation)
FontFeature.stylisticAlternates()
FontFeature.scientificInferiors()
FontFeature.stylisticSet(n) (documentation)
FontFeature.subscripts()
FontFeature.superscripts()
FontFeature.swash(v)
FontFeature.tabularFigures() (documentation)
FontFeature.slashedZero() (documentation)

There's hundreds more we could add but this is what I have so far.

See flutter/assets-for-api-docs#131 for the diagrams.

Hixie · 2021-01-24T21:19:00Z

cc @GaryQian this is the PR that uses those FontFeature diagrams

dnfield · 2021-01-26T22:45:49Z

lib/ui/text.dart

+    this.feature,
+    [ this.value = 1 ]
+  ) : assert(feature != null), // ignore: unnecessary_null_comparison
+      assert(feature.length == 4, 'Feature tag must be exactly four characters long.'),


These are nice to add, but I'm pretty sure they just show up as <optimized out> to users when thrown from dart:ui. I'm not sure why and whether that's on us or on Dart, or what the cost of fixing it would be.

Is it the messages or the expressions that are optimized out? Any idea?

Just messages

dnfield

I just learned so much about font features.

This LGTM - the only non-nit in here is the incorrect link for swsh

dnfield · 2021-01-26T22:56:09Z

lib/ui/text.dart

+  // Features listed below are those we deemed "interesting enough" to
+  // have their own constructor, mostly on the basis of whether we
+  // could find a font where the feature had a useful effect that
+  // could be demonstrated...


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// could be demonstrated...

// could be demonstrated.

(alternatively, ...., but I don't see a good reason to trail off here)

haha that was literally me trailing off when explaining my dubious criteria for inclusion :-)
fixed

dnfield · 2021-01-26T23:11:16Z

lib/ui/text.dart

  ///
-  ///  * <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/features_pt#pnum>
-  const FontFeature.proportionalFigures() : feature = 'pnum', value = 1;
+  ///  * <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/features_ae#calt>


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/// * <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/features_ae#calt>

/// * <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/features_pt#swsh>

good catch!

dnfield · 2021-01-26T23:12:29Z

lib/ui/text.dart

+  // swsh
+  /// Enable swash glyphs. (`swsh`)
+  ///
+  /// Some fonts have beautiful flourishes on some characters. This


Can we be a little more descriptive on this line? Beautiful flourishes sounds nice but a bit vague. The image really helps me here (and elsewhere too, they're great!), but maybe we could describe this as something like This feature, when enabled, draws flourishes that continue the ending stroke of a letter.? I'm not sure if it applies to beginning as well though.

I've added more text explaining the concept, and a link to wikipedia.

dnfield · 2021-01-26T23:14:27Z

lib/ui/text.dart

  ///
-  /// Must be a positive integer.  Many features are Boolean values that accept
+  /// Must be a positive integer. Many features are Boolean values that accept
  /// values of either 0 (feature is disabled) or 1 (feature is enabled).


nit: might want to mention here that other features use a bound range of acceptable values, and they're documented here for the ones we document or elsewhere for the ones we don't.

added more color

dnfield · 2021-01-26T23:15:21Z

lib/ui/text.dart


  @override
-  String toString() => 'FontFeature($feature, $value)';
+  String toString() => 'FontFeature(\'$feature\', $value)';


nit: consider either double quoting the outer or inner string rather than escaping.

changed outer quotes to ".

I'm pretty mixed on this. I kinda like the consistency of always using ', and don't mind the \ so much. I find it confusing to have mixed quoting styles and it gets particularly annoying when dealing with copy/paste. But I also like avoiding escapes to some extent, it does look a bit cleaner. I dunno.

dnfield · 2021-01-26T23:16:06Z

lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/text.dart


  @override
-  String toString() => 'FontFeature($feature, $value)';
+  String toString() => 'FontFeature(\'$feature\', $value)';


ditto (nit)

This adds support and documentation for: * FontFeature.alternative(n) * FontFeature.alternativeFractions() * FontFeature.contextualAlternates() * FontFeature.caseSensitiveForms() * FontFeature.characterVariant(v) * FontFeature.denominator() * FontFeature.fractions() * FontFeature.historicalForms() * FontFeature.historicalLigatures() * FontFeature.liningFigures() * FontFeature.localeAware(enable: false) * FontFeature.notationalForms(v) * FontFeature.numerators() * FontFeature.oldstyleFigures() * FontFeature.ordinalForms() * FontFeature.proportionalFigures() * FontFeature.randomize() (minor additions to documentation) * FontFeature.stylisticAlternates() * FontFeature.scientificInferiors() * FontFeature.stylisticSet(n) (documentation) * FontFeature.subscripts() * FontFeature.superscripts() * FontFeature.swash(v) * FontFeature.tabularFigures() (documentation) * FontFeature.slashedZero() There's hundreds more we could add but this is what I have so far. See flutter/assets-for-api-docs#131 for the diagrams.

Hixie · 2021-01-26T23:39:27Z

Thanks for the review; applied all suggested changes. Will land on green.

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	/// * <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/features_ae#calt>
	/// * <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/features_pt#swsh>

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