diff --git a/changes/4.0.0-beta.2.md b/changes/4.0.0-beta.2.md
index 808c3be87..f49c5efa2 100644
--- a/changes/4.0.0-beta.2.md
+++ b/changes/4.0.0-beta.2.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Fix inconsistent italic serif of U+0463 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YAT (#729).
  * Fix dotless form of mathematical derived letters if it ia aliased (#731).
  * Fix inconsistent serif on Bulgarian U+044E CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YU (#732).
+ * Fix variant selector of Cyrillic TE’s italics to better respect `m`’s tailed-ness (#734).
  * Fix middle bar placement of U+2180 under quasi-proportional.
  * Add Characters:
    * U+1D6A4 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL DOTLESS I, U+1D6A5 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL DOTLESS J (#730).
diff --git a/font-src/glyphs/letter/latin.ptl b/font-src/glyphs/letter/latin.ptl
index 5e9986dfd..837567855 100644
--- a/font-src/glyphs/letter/latin.ptl
+++ b/font-src/glyphs/letter/latin.ptl
@@ -5876,7 +5876,6 @@ glyph-block Letter-Latin-Lower-F : begin
 
 
 	define fbar : XH * DesignParameters.fBarPosToXH + Stroke * DesignParameters.fbarStrokeAdj
-	define fbarFH : XH * DesignParameters.fBarPosToXH + Stroke * DesignParameters.fbarStrokeAdjFH
 	define [SmallFBottomSerif] : dispiro
 		widths.lhs
 		flat ([mix SB RightSB 0.02] + HalfStroke * TanSlope) 0
@@ -5944,29 +5943,29 @@ glyph-block Letter-Latin-Lower-F : begin
 
 	create-glyph 'f.serifless' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.b
-		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 0.95 fbarFH
+		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 0.95 fbar
 
 	create-glyph 'f.phoneticLeft' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.b
-		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbarFH
+		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbar
 		if SLAB : include : SmallFBottomSerif
 
 	create-glyph 'f.serifed' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.b
-		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 0.95 fbarFH
+		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 0.95 fbar
 		include : SmallFBottomSerif
 
 	create-glyph 'fltail' 0x192 : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.if
-		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 1    fbarFH 2
+		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 1    fbar 2
 
 	create-glyph 'f.tailed' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.if
-		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 1    fbarFH 2
+		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 1    fbar 2
 
 	create-glyph 'f.extended' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.if
-		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 0.95 fbarFH 1
+		include : StandardSmallFShape [DivFrame 1] 0.95 fbar 1
 
 	create-glyph 'f.seriflessCrossbarAtXHeight' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.b
@@ -5989,11 +5988,11 @@ glyph-block Letter-Latin-Lower-F : begin
 		define df : DivFrame para.diversityF
 		set-width df.width
 		include : df.markSet.b
-		include : NarrowFShape df 0.5 fbarFH
+		include : NarrowFShape df 0.5 fbar
 
 	create-glyph 'f.flatHook' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.b
-		include : NarrowFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbarFH
+		include : NarrowFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbar
 
 	create-glyph 'f.flatHookCrossbarAtXHeight' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.b
@@ -6001,7 +6000,7 @@ glyph-block Letter-Latin-Lower-F : begin
 
 	create-glyph 'f.flatHookSerifed' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.b
-		include : NarrowFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbarFH
+		include : NarrowFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbar
 		include : WithTransform [Translate ((RightSB - SB) * 0.035) 0] : SmallFBottomSerif
 
 	create-glyph 'f.flatHookSerifedCrossbarAtXHeight' : glyph-proc
@@ -6011,7 +6010,7 @@ glyph-block Letter-Latin-Lower-F : begin
 
 	create-glyph 'f.flatHookTailed' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.if
-		include : NarrowFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbarFH 2
+		include : NarrowFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbar 2
 
 	create-glyph 'f.flatHookTailedCrossbarAtXHeight' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.if
@@ -6019,7 +6018,7 @@ glyph-block Letter-Latin-Lower-F : begin
 
 	create-glyph 'f.flatHookExtended' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.if
-		include : NarrowFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbarFH 1
+		include : NarrowFShape [DivFrame 1] 1 fbar 1
 
 	create-glyph 'f.flatHookExtendedCrossbarAtXHeight' : glyph-proc
 		include : MarkSet.if
diff --git a/font-src/meta/aesthetics.ptl b/font-src/meta/aesthetics.ptl
index b839b65a6..2c52a0b45 100644
--- a/font-src/meta/aesthetics.ptl
+++ b/font-src/meta/aesthetics.ptl
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ export : define DesignParameters : object
 	upperEBarPos               : lambda [slab] : if slab 0.52 0.53
 	# Fine adjustments
 	fbarStrokeAdj              0.25
-	fbarStrokeAdjFH            0.125
 	superness                  2.275
 	tightHookSuperness         2.30
 
diff --git a/params/variants.toml b/params/variants.toml
index 2640a3377..766db9686 100644
--- a/params/variants.toml
+++ b/params/variants.toml
@@ -656,13 +656,13 @@ selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
 rank = 7
 description = "Earless (corner top-left) `m` with normal middle leg touching baseline, and a curly tail"
 selector.m = 'earlessCornerDoubleArchTailed'
-selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
+selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "tailed"
 
 [prime.m.variants.earless-corner-double-arch-shortleg-tailed]
 rank = 8
 description = "Earless (corner top-left) `m` with a shorter middle leg like Ubuntu Mono, and a curly tail"
 selector.m = 'earlessCornerDoubleArchShortlegTailed'
-selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
+selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "tailed"
 
 [prime.m.variants.earless-rounded-double-arch]
 rank = 9
@@ -680,13 +680,13 @@ selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
 rank = 11
 description = "Earless (rounded top-left) `m` with normal middle leg touching baseline, and a curly tail"
 selector.m = 'earlessRoundedDoubleArchTailed'
-selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
+selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "tailed"
 
 [prime.m.variants.earless-rounded-double-arch-shortleg-tailed]
 rank = 12
 description = "Earless (rounded top-left) `m` with a shorter middle leg like Ubuntu Mono, and a curly tail"
 selector.m = 'earlessRoundedDoubleArchShortlegTailed'
-selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
+selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "tailed"
 
 [prime.m.variants.earless-single-arch]
 rank = 13
@@ -704,13 +704,13 @@ selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
 rank = 15
 description = "Earless (single-arch) `m` with normal middle leg touching baseline, and a curly tail"
 selector.m = 'earlessSingleArchTailed'
-selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
+selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "tailed"
 
 [prime.m.variants.earless-single-arch-shortleg-tailed]
 rank = 16
 description = "Earless (single-arch) `m` with a shorter middle leg like Ubuntu Mono, and a curly tail"
 selector.m = 'earlessSingleArchShortlegTailed'
-selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "normal"
+selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "tailed"
 
 [prime.m.variants.motion-serifed]
 rank = 17
@@ -728,13 +728,13 @@ selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "motionSerifed"
 rank = 19
 description = "`m` with motion serifs, normal middle leg touching baseline, and a curly tail"
 selector.m = 'motionSerifedTailed'
-selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "motionSerifed"
+selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "motionSerifedTailed"
 
 [prime.m.variants.motion-serifed-shortleg-tailed]
 rank = 20
 description = "`m` with motion serifs, a shorter middle leg like Ubuntu Mono, and a curly tail"
 selector.m = 'motionSerifedShortlegTailed'
-selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "motionSerifed"
+selector."cyrl/te.italic" = "motionSerifedTailed"
 
 
 
diff --git a/verdafile.js b/verdafile.js
index ecfaaaed6..30b23cbf3 100644
--- a/verdafile.js
+++ b/verdafile.js
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ const JavaScriptFromPtl = computed("scripts-js-from-ptl", async target => {
 	return ptl.map(x => replaceExt(".js", x));
 });
 function replaceExt(extNew, file) {
-	return Path.join(Path.dirname(file), Path.basename(file, Path.extname(file)) + extNew);
+	return Path.posix.join(Path.dirname(file), Path.basename(file, Path.extname(file)) + extNew);
 }
 
 const CompiledJs = file.make(
@@ -871,13 +871,15 @@ const CompiledJs = file.make(
 );
 const Scripts = task("scripts", async target => {
 	await target.need(Parameters);
-	const [_jsFromPtl] = await target.need(JavaScriptFromPtl);
-	const [js] = await target.need(ScriptFiles("js"));
-	const jsFromPtl = new Set(_jsFromPtl);
+	const [jsFromPtlList] = await target.need(JavaScriptFromPtl);
+	const [jsList] = await target.need(ScriptFiles("js"));
+	const jsFromPtlSet = new Set(jsFromPtlList);
 
 	let subGoals = [];
-	for (const item of jsFromPtl) subGoals.push(CompiledJs(item));
-	for (const item of js) if (!jsFromPtl.has(js)) subGoals.push(sfu(item));
+	for (const js of jsList) {
+		if (jsFromPtlSet.has(js)) subGoals.push(CompiledJs(js));
+		else subGoals.push(sfu(js));
+	}
 	await target.need(subGoals);
 });
 const UtilScripts = task("util-scripts", async target => {