using Source Han Sans derivations (for example, Taipei Sans) as base font?

[roytam1]

as titled

[celestialphineas]

Glow Sans TC may adopt Genne Gothic as the base font (See: #3 ) in the next version. So far, the Taipei Sans font family has only three weights, and I'm not sure if it is still released under OFL.

Glow Sans TC will keep using the classical orthography (Kangxi orthography), because of its neutrality and better adaptability in printing.

[roytam1]

Taipei Sans says it is still free and open source. And yes, it has only 3 weights at the moment.

So my actual question is: Is program(s) (for example, feet removal) for producing Glow Sans is applicable to Source Han Sans derivations? Can it work with lesser weights?

[celestialphineas]

In theory, it should work, as long as the glyph outlines follow the design principles of SHSans. You may have a look at the build instructions and look into the source code a little bit.

Edited: It might not work. I've just realized Taipei Sans is also released as TrueType format.

[lapomme]

How about Genyo Gothic?

[celestialphineas]

Genyo is already converted to TrueType format which is using quadratic Bézier curves for glyph outlines. Glow Sans' outline feature detecting rules are designed for cubic Bézier curves, and would fail for quadratic curves.

[celestialphineas]

Base font for TC is switched to Genne Gothic in v0.91.

[roytam1]

maybe Chiron Sans HK is better for TW/HK?
https://tamcy.github.io/chiron-sans-hk/

[lapomme]

I don't agree since the traditional orthography found in Genne Gothic is perfectly fine (and I personally prefer it) for Traditional Chinese.

maybe Chiron Sans HK is better for TW/HK?
https://tamcy.github.io/chiron-sans-hk/

[roytam1]

I don't agree since the traditional orthography found in Genne Gothic is perfectly fine (and I personally prefer it) for Traditional Chinese.

but Genne Gothic doesn't update from upstream 2.0xx release, and Chiron Sans HK has more ideographs than upstreams.

[lapomme]

Well, I think traditional orthography is more important, considering that it lacks representation nowadays. Chiron Sans HK is handwritten style.

[roytam1]

Chiron Sans HK is handwritten style.

not really, it is just partly handwritten style. the SHS TW/HK, which is fully guidelines compliant, is handwritten style.