DINishPreview v3.908

DINishPreview v3.908 hopefully addresses all reported shortcomings of the earlier previews. A Slant axis was added, which seems to produce comparable glyphs to the existing Italic static fonts. Please keep reporting any issues you spot with the preview!

As discussed in the release plans #10, here's a preview of the result of the new build process, and a massive normalisation and cleanup of almost all glyphs in support of an eventual release including a fully functional Variable Font. This preview release is intended for testing and is therefore called DINishPreview. If you think it's the best thing since sliced bread, feel free to use it for whatever you fancy, but be aware a lot has changed under the hood and issues may be lurking.

This release includes all widths, i.e. Condensed, Mittelschrift and Expanded, with all weights from 300 to 800 as separate instances. Using the instances is recommended for word processing and the many other tools that do not (or not fully) support variable fonts. There is also a variable font (in TrueType and OpenType formats), that can generate all widths between 0.75 and 1.25, and all weights between 300 and 800. I tried it in the TBDR font animator, as well as on https://www.vartype.com/, and it seems to work as advertised, but YMMV. Some more testing has been done with the Wakamai Fondue.

Please report any issues to the Discussions section. Or success stories, if it's fit enough for your purpose!

Please note that this pre-release was not built using source controlled tools, and unlike normal releases, the attached files may be updated or even removed entirely. This preview will be pulled once the final version lands.

The next stage is reworking the build process. So unless someone uncovers a showstopper, this is likely to become DINish v4. Fontbakery is happy with the VF.