Software Engineer
Posted
Summary
Despite the title, this is a typography/font engineering role: the person designs new custom fonts and refines existing ones for brand and production needs, adjusting kerning, spacing, hinting, glyph shapes, and font metrics (UPM, ascent/descent), and exporting TTF/OTF/WOFF files validated for clean output in print and PDF workflows.
Roles & Responsibilities: • Design new custom fonts as per brand and production needs. • Modify and improve existing fonts. • Adjust kerning, spacing, hinting, and glyph shapes for clean and accurate printing. • Set proper font metrics such as ascent, descent, line height, and Units Per Em (UPM) to ensure correct font height and baseline alignment. • Setup special characters for all the fonts • Make sure fonts do not get clipped and display correctly in print, PDF, and other systems. • Configure OpenType features like ligatures and alternate characters if required. • Export font files in formats such as TTF, OTF, WOFF, etc. • Test and validate fonts in the production workflow to ensure consistent and reliable output.