If I opt to use Paste Special, with only the paste metrics check box checked, the name is also applied.
Also, I don't know if this is by design or not, but if I copy say the letter a, then select all the lowercase a characters with accents, then opt to paste only metrics, only the first selected lowercase accented a has the metrics applied. If this is by design, it would be nice to be able to paste metrics to all selected glyphs.
[FIXED] Paste Special, metric only issue
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Re: Paste Special, metric only issue
I think I discovered the bug. If I'm right this will be fixed with the next upcoming update.MikeW wrote:If I opt to use Paste Special, with only the paste metrics check box checked, the name is also applied.
I think we can allow this if a single glyph is copied to the clipboard. If the glyph name is also included, we should ensure the names are unique.MikeW wrote:Also, I don't know if this is by design or not, but if I copy say the letter a, then select all the lowercase a characters with accents, then opt to paste only metrics, only the first selected lowercase accented a has the metrics applied. If this is by design, it would be nice to be able to paste metrics to all selected glyphs.
While looking at the underlying code, I noticed we currently copy and paste the left side bearing along with the advance width, but I think it would be better to paste left and right side bearings.
Re: Paste Special, metric only issue
Great, thanks Erwin.
I noticed some oddities with the LSB and advance width. Sometimes that info is pasted and sometimes it doesn't appear to do so. But I haven't really been back into FC doing a similar thing since the first post.
I noticed some oddities with the LSB and advance width. Sometimes that info is pasted and sometimes it doesn't appear to do so. But I haven't really been back into FC doing a similar thing since the first post.
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Re: Paste Special, metric only issue
But my question remains; is it better to copy and paste the left and right side bearings?
Re: Paste Special, metric only issue
Yes, I believe so, Erwin. At least I cannot readily think of an instance I want more than lsb/rsb.
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Re: Paste Special, metric only issue
All I ever want to do is copy the Advance width, not the side-bearings. For example, if I have a font with digits that are not a uniform width I copy the zero and paste the metrics to the one. Then I copy zero and one, and copy the metrics to the other digits.MikeW wrote:Yes, I believe so, Erwin. At least I cannot readily think of an instance I want more than lsb/rsb.
One could use the Glyph Transformer, but then one has to type the advance width so there is room for error, and no undo.