Add Horizontal Element Alignment [XELA] axis

[simoncozens]

Requirements

• I have inspected the current Axis Registry and there is not a registered custom axis that could be used for the variation purpose on the upcoming font project.
• The metadata fields of the proposed axis meet the Axis Requirements as specified in the Protocol (linked above).

Font project(s) using the axis

SixtyFour Color (to be renamed) at https://github.com/jenskutilek/homecomputer-fonts

Short description of what the axis does

As a parallel to Vertical Element Alignment [YELA], this controls the position of horizontal elements.

Image

Why is the axis needed

As the counterpart to YELA.

Axis metadata fields

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#YELA based on [Wavefont](https://github.com/dy/wavefont)
tag: "XELA"
display_name: "Horizontal Element Alignment"
min_value: -100
default_value: 0
max_value: 100
precision: 0
fallback {
  name: "Default"
  value: 0
}
fallback_only: false
description:
  "Align glyphs from their default position (0%),"
  " usually the baseline, to a rightmost (100%)"
  " or leftmost (-100%) position."

[vv-monsalve]

Could this be the same XALN #126?

[simoncozens]

I don't think so. XALN aligns the entire glyph, YELA (and proposed XELA) aligns an element of the glyph.

[vv-monsalve]

Revised description would be

description:
  "Align glyph elements from their default position (0%),"
  " usually the baseline, to a rightmost (100%)"
  " or leftmost (-100%) position."

[vv-monsalve]

Revised definitions on January 26:

Precision value could be -1 to allow the fine control and 1000 positions

#XELA based on [Sixtyfour Convergence](https://github.com/jenskutilek/homecomputer-fonts/tree/master/Sixtyfour)
tag: "XELA"
display_name: "Horizontal Element Alignment"
min_value: -100.0
default_value: 0
max_value: 100.0
precision: -1
fallback {
  name: "Default"
  value: 0
}
fallback_only: false
description:
  "Align glyph elements from their default position (0%),"
  " usually the baseline, to a rightmost (100%)"
  " or leftmost (-100%) position."