On 2/27/26 03:37, Tomáš Hála wrote:
> […]
> Where are the kernings read in this case from?

They come from the font, actually they come from the (GPOS) `kern` table
of `lmsans10-boldoblique.otf`.

> I am just asking because the kernings between b-o and o-w in my
> (incorrect) example looks better than the original ones where (imo)
> the "o" is moved to the right too much.

See the attachments: with and without kern tables.

Kerning value of -31 of 'w' after 'o' may make sense (in “owl”), but a
value of 31 of 'o' after 'b' doesn’t make sense at all (see “bow”).

The same happens (with values of -28 and 28) with `lmsans10-oblique.otf`.

After checking `lmsans10-bold.otf` and `lmsans10-regular.otf` (all from
`tex/texmf/fonts/data/gust/lm/`): obliques share these kerning values
from their upright and bold counterparts.

I have checked that there is a 2.006 version
(https://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern/download/lm-hist.txt/view).
Although we use the 2.004, this issue isn’t fixed in latest version.

According to the README
(https://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern/download/readme-latin-modern.txt/view),
Bogusław Jackowski is the LM maintainer, so I guess an email message to
him would be the way to report the issue (at least, I was unable to find
any other way to report an issue).

Many thanks for hitting (what seems to be) an issue with the LM fonts,

Pablo
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