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FontForge question.
I'm creating a font in FontForge (importing SVG vectors).
There will only be capitals in this font and I'm wondering before I begin kerning everything:
Is there a way of copying characters with all their settings... ie. Copy A to a.
Just copying in the Edit menu is not working.
Thanks!
ollywood said
There will only be capitals in this font and I'm wondering before I begin kerning everything:
Kerning information is used to adjust the space between specific pairs of characters.
Example: the Aa pair
ollywood said
Is there a way of copying characters with all their settings... ie. Copy A to a.
To select one or more cells, press the left mouse button on the first or
last cell of your selection and drag the cursor across the cells you want to
select. You will see the selection highlighted.
Copy all excepting the kerning
Hey Claude, Thanks for the reply.
However it doesn't seem to work.
Don't worry though, I'll come back to this later.
It seems I have a huge job of kerning now
Cheers,
Olly
Set the bearings right and kerning is a doodle
Any tips Koeiekat?
Like I said. Start with the glyph position and the left and right bearings. You know that characters like A and V and so on and C and so on need tighter character spacing than an H and so on and that D and so on need only need tighter character spacing at the right.
So position the glyphs correctly and adjust the bearings to need. Not that difficult.
Great stuff! Thanks Koeiekat.
I'm getting into the swing of things now using the metrics window
The learning curve is steep. Typography is more than creating shapes. Interested in your progress and result
Yes, that is one way. Auto kerning will do that. Still better to set the bearings first ... imho
The best is no kern.
Depends. When it is an connecting script font, absolutely true. If not ...
koeiekat said Depends. When it is an connecting script font, absolutely true. If not ...
The letter e is too close to the letter y.
Thanks guys! You are truly a great set of mentors.
I hope to share something with you soon
claudeserieux said koeiekat said Depends. When it is an connecting script font, absolutely true. If not ...
The letter e is too close to the letter y.
Don't know which font you are showing but it looks a lot like a muddy version of the OPTIZeppelin-Script
which has no kerning pairs at all and does everything with the bearings, as a connecting script should do.
As said before, connecting scripts - if well done - do not need kerning.
Not connecting fonts often
do need kerning. An AW combination is not the same as an Ac or Al combination.
koeiekat said [
Don't know which font you are showing but it looks a lot like a muddy version of the OPTIZeppelin-Script
The letters A and X are different.
Sure this is what you showed before?
koeiekat said Sure this is what you showed before?
Bien oui!
Interesting. Thank you. Never before saw this one. Never ever even heard of it. A Typositor typeface? Looks like never been digitized apart from the OPTI variation which is back-slanted a bit. Yet, as said, connecting script fonts should not need kerning. Though ... capitals pairs often do. Try the FA on this one.
Remarque: Opti Yale Script is a copy Aerolite (above).
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