A log of all the changes to the Tofino typeface over the years including addition of styles, improvements, and extension of language support.
✦ Additional characters added to support Nisg̱a’a, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, xwməθkwəy̓əm, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ
✦ Some vertical metrics may have changed slightly
✦ Rebuilt variable fonts—font names changed, you may need to perform some “find and replace” for files previously using these files.
✦ Drawing and spacing refinements. Particularly in the text styles.
✦ Bug fixes for some kerning and outline errors
✦ Extended Latin language support including Vietnamese and Nuu-chah-nulth. See the full list in the language section on the Tofino page.
✦ Extended symbol set including more currency symbols
✦ Variable font file includes all weights, widths, and italic styles. Tofino text styles are in their own separate variable file with all weights and italics included.
✦ The default figure set has been changed to lining figures instead of oldstyle figures in Text styles
✦ Slash zero has been added to all figure sets
✦ Tofino no longer has small caps in the display styles but the text styles still include them.
️️✦ Font names are now a bit different, there are no more files with the label “Pro” as these were always the same files️, just a different package. You may need to perform some “find and replace” for files previously using these files.
I recommend uninstalling the current version before installing the new files. You may want to keep a backup copy of the 2.0 files in case layout changes happen and you would like to revert back to the old files. Also make sure that all programs are closed when you install.
To gain more control over my font engineering process and prepare Tofino for the variable font format I needed to rebuild my entire design space. I took the opportunity to also make subtle improvements the letterforms and fix some small design issues that were present in earlier files.
The text styles received the largest overhaul because, quite honestly, they were a bit rushed the first time around. There were many opportunities for improvement, especially with the proportions and some of the shapes (I’m looking at you “s”).
I also received the feedback that the text styles were spaced too loose and every time I used them in my own work I found myself tightening the spacing.
One of my long term goals as a type designer is to continue making my fonts more accessible and inclusive. This means that I have extended my Latin language support to include Vietnamese in this update thanks to Donny Trương’s amazing Vietnamese Typography guide.
I also recognize that North American Indigenous languages are not supported in many typefaces because they either require Latin-based characters not typically included or have their own writing system. I would like to work toward supporting these languages because they deserve to appear just as beautiful and fully supported as the languages they are set next to. I’m in the process of gathering documentation to achieve this and have decided to start with Nuu-chah-nulth.
The traditional lands of Nuu-chah-nulth speakers are along the West coast of Vancouver Island which are the lands that inspired and gave birth to this typeface. It seemed like a perfect place to start.
✦ Added condensed, narrow, and wide widths
✦ Text styles added
✦ Italics for all styles