Thank you, Erwin
That is very helpful. I will try it out when I get back to 'The Beast' upstairs.
Best wishes
Les
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- Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:06 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Tutorials and Solutions
- Topic: Context Chain Substitution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10704
- Fri May 22, 2020 5:09 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Tutorials and Solutions
- Topic: Context Chain Substitution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10704
Context Chain Substitution
Hello I am having trouble with Chained Context Substitution. What I want to achieve is to substitute a normal 's' for the 'long s' as used in C17 and C18 writing. So far I have managed to use ligature substitution, but the long s requires some sensitivity to context. I have set up a substitution tab...
- Sat May 25, 2019 5:06 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: initial, medial and terminal forms
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2941
Re: initial, medial and terminal forms
Hello again Erwin
I've just had a look at the link you supplied - it's head buzzy time. I'll have to print it out and read slowly before trying it out.
Thank you again
Les Prince
I've just had a look at the link you supplied - it's head buzzy time. I'll have to print it out and read slowly before trying it out.
Thank you again
Les Prince
- Sat May 25, 2019 4:57 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: initial, medial and terminal forms
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2941
Re: initial, medial and terminal forms
Thank you Erwin
I am slowly getting to grips with the Open Type features. I think I have cracked the ligature problem (with your help and that of Bhikku Pasala) and now getting into more obscure (for me) territory.
Les Prince
I am slowly getting to grips with the Open Type features. I think I have cracked the ligature problem (with your help and that of Bhikku Pasala) and now getting into more obscure (for me) territory.
Les Prince
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 2:50 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Ligatures, substitutions and scripts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4841
Re: Ligatures, substitutions and scripts
Hello again Bhikkhu I have tried and my frustration is considerable, so I shall have a cup of tea after I have posted this. I am attaching two screen shots, which are the latest attempts to get the script to work. Before attempting this, I deleted all scripts and other stuff so as to get a clean go ...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:39 am
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Ligatures, substitutions and scripts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4841
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 10:42 am
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Ligatures, substitutions and scripts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4841
Re: Ligatures, substitutions and scripts
Hi Bhikkhu Thank you. Yes, I have looked at them. I have got as far as setting up a lookup for the ligatures, but when I test the code syntax I'm told it's not used. Looking at the results, I seem to have a proliferation of Ligature1, Ligature2, and so on, and I just can't get the thing to work. I a...
- Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:17 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Ligatures, substitutions and scripts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4841
Ligatures, substitutions and scripts
Hello I apologise in advance for my obtuse stupidity, but I can't make head nor tail of the substitution and ligature elements of FontCreator. Scripts, for example; where are they in Open Type designer? Or do we have to write our own? The thing is, I am working on a number of 'historical' fonts for ...
Rune font
This is a runic font (first pass). It is based on (one of the versions of) the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, but it also contains a complete Unicode runic block plus some versions that Unicode have missed. As a bonus it also contains some Viking symbols.
- Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:22 pm
- Forum: Type Design
- Topic: Runic unicode block and bearings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12058
Re: Runic unicode block and bearings
That would be very useful. Thank you.
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:22 pm
- Forum: Type Design
- Topic: Runic unicode block and bearings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12058
Runic unicode block and bearings
I am working on a runic font (just because I can). Accordingly I have been working on the Unicode Runic block, filling it with the requisite images. So far so good. Some of these I have copied into the Latin mappings so that the font may be used as a normal font. Again, so far so good. The problem I...
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:14 pm
- Forum: Type Design
- Topic: Ancient Gothic
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19045
Re: Ancient Gothic
'Ancient Gothic'? Are you talking about runes? If so, the major problem is that there are several runic 'alphabets' developed throughout the Scandinavian world at different times and places. Also, even if someone was working to, say, the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, they may well use idiosyncratic forms of ...
- Fri May 13, 2011 12:40 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Discussion
- Topic: Just a thought on guidelines
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4765
Just a thought on guidelines
Sometimes I get very confused with all the guidelines that I occassionally need when setting up a font. I have not yet found a way of resetting the red guides that appear in the glyph editing window, so set up my own in preference. In some of my fonts the x-height is very different to the red guide,...
- Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:44 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Cheriton Hand and Martha
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23921
Re: Cheriton Hand and Martha
I have just spent some (happy?) hours checking spacing and kerning on Martha. I think (hope more like) that the font is now usable in its present form. I still have to work on the swash letters, finials and decorations, but I want to understand how the Open Type modifications work first. As it is I ...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:25 pm
- Forum: Font Related Information
- Topic: Kerning Pairs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11650
Re: Kerning Pairs
Hello again Bikkhu. I also seem to get the spacing too tight, but occasionally come across a pair that seem miles away from each other. Thank you for your advice. I have produced a version of the test document in RTF and also taken the opportunity to edit it slightly as well so that it occupies only...