VizChitra Fonts

Retalics Lab

Tuning per-glyph slant for VizChitra Sans. Cairo's slnt axis runs −11…+11; these values become the design data for a future RETA axis.

VIZCHITRA — The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. AVAST, Wavy Type 2026!

calt is inert on Cairo. The font exposes only dnom frac numr rvrn — no calt — so this toggle changes nothing today. It is wired correctly as plumbing for VizChitra Sans.

Kerning is off while Retalics is on, whatever the toggle says. Each glyph sits in its own <span>, and browsers cannot kern across element boundaries. Cairo does have real GPOS kerning — compare in the Original row below. This is the argument for a real RETA axis.

Comparison

Identical text, size, weight and tracking — only the slant treatment differs.

Caironative axes, kerning intact
VIZCHITRA — The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. AVAST, Wavy Type 2026!
Cairo + global slntone slant for every glyph
VIZCHITRA — The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. AVAST, Wavy Type 2026!
Retalicsper-glyph slant, kerning lost to spans
VIZCHITRA — The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. AVAST, Wavy Type 2026!

Pairs

Plain Cairo (dimmed) beside Retalics, to judge slant interaction and rhythm.

AV
AV
AV
VA
VA
VA
AW
AW
AW
WA
WA
WA
AY
AY
AY
YA
YA
YA
To
To
To
Ta
Ta
Ta
Te
Te
Te
Ty
Ty
Ty
Yo
Yo
Yo
Wa
Wa
Wa
Wo
Wo
Wo
LT
LT
LT
RT
RT
RT
RA
RA
RA
TA
TA
TA
FA
FA
FA
PA
PA
PA

Glyphs

Tuned glyphs are highlighted. Edit a value to discover which letters want more or less slant.

Uppercase

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Lowercase

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z

Numerals

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Punctuation

.
,
;
:
!
?
'
"
‘
’
“
”
·
…

Symbols

&
@
#
%
*
+
-
–
—
=
/
\
|
(
)
[
]
{
}
<
>
$
€
₹

Config

This JSON is the input to the Phase 2 font build.

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