Show HN: Bastardica – Create bastard web fonts
2 days ago
- Bastardica is a tool for mixing and modifying web fonts, allowing stretching or squishing.
- Downloaded fonts are normal OpenType files with ligature-based contextual substitution enabled by default in browsers.
- No setup required; works wherever OpenType text is shaped, provided ligatures are enabled.
- Fonts are processed locally in the browser using Pyodide and fontTools; no uploads occur.
- Pro tips include using Y-offset and scale effects for alignment, and using prime number strides to reduce collisions when mixing multiple fonts.
- Commercial use requires checking licenses of source fonts since mixing creates derivative works; Bastardica adds no extra conditions.
- Inspired by Times New Bastard and Easy Pete, with contact via email.