Creating an ancient font
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Re: Creating an ancient font
Many thanks Bhikkhu
I tried to use the colour palette and it changed almost all the circles to grey:
I am only looking to change some of the colours of the circles not all.
I look forward to your thoughts on this
I tried to use the colour palette and it changed almost all the circles to grey:
I am only looking to change some of the colours of the circles not all.
I look forward to your thoughts on this
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Re: Creating an ancient font
Each different colour requires its own glyph member. The hollow circles in your screen shot are also grey.
Look again at the tutorial on Multi-coloured Glyphs that I linked to earlier.
Take a look at the multi-coloured glyphs in the Odana.fcp font project attached to that tutorial to see how multi-coloured glyphs are constructed.
Look again at the tutorial on Multi-coloured Glyphs that I linked to earlier.
Take a look at the multi-coloured glyphs in the Odana.fcp font project attached to that tutorial to see how multi-coloured glyphs are constructed.
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Re: Creating an ancient font
Thank you BhikkhuBhikkhu Pesala wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:16 pm Each different colour requires its own glyph member. The hollow circles in your screen shot are also grey.
Look again at the tutorial on Multi-coloured Glyphs that I linked to earlier.
Take a look at the multi-coloured glyphs in the Odana.fcp font project attached to that tutorial to see how multi-coloured glyphs are constructed.
I am going to work on adding 70 numeral glyphs to create the 1st font. I will go through and flag any issues I find with the glyphs but I have finally figured how to align the glyphs properly so they don't overlap each when I test them using Font Creator's font testing box
The main form font contains more than 1400 characters so I would have to creare multiple fonts as this exceeds what is on the a keyboard.
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That should not be necessary. There is only one "a" on the keyboard, but I can type a à á ä ã â A À Á Ä Ã Â etc.deuterium_1 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 9:30 amThe main form font contains more than 1400 characters so I would have to create multiple fonts as this exceeds what is on the a keyboard.
Just install an extended keyboard in Windows Settings, Time and Language, Language, Keyboard.
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Thank you BhikkuBhikkhu Pesala wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 10:38 amThat should not be necessary. There is only one "a" on the keyboard, but I can type a à á ä ã â A À Á Ä Ã Â etc.deuterium_1 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 9:30 amThe main form font contains more than 1400 characters so I would have to create multiple fonts as this exceeds what is on the a keyboard.
Just install an extended keyboard in Windows Settings, Time and Language, Language, Keyboard.
I am working through the numerals.
For some reason when I import the SVG files into Font Creator, it is very small so I have to expand it. It has created issues with this glyph:
How do I make the axis on top wider? I would like to make the glyph larger
You can see its small size compared to other glyphs:
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Re: Creating an ancient font
Hi all
Apologies for the delays in replying due to personal reasons
I have continued working on the font
I have encountered this issue with the glyphs, there appears to be some issue with how the vector image is represented in Font Creator:
I look forward to hearing what your thoughts are on what might be happening here
Apologies for the delays in replying due to personal reasons
I have continued working on the font
I have encountered this issue with the glyphs, there appears to be some issue with how the vector image is represented in Font Creator:
I look forward to hearing what your thoughts are on what might be happening here
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Re: Creating an ancient font
You need to ensure the contour direction is correct. You can read all about this in the user manual.
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That means I have to use quadratic beziers?Erwin Denissen wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:16 pm You need to ensure the contour direction is correct. You can read all about this in the user manual.
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Not really, unless you want to maintain overlapping contours, which is not recommended with non-variable fonts.deuterium_1 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:27 pmThat means I have to use quadratic beziers?Erwin Denissen wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:16 pm You need to ensure the contour direction is correct. You can read all about this in the user manual.
You just need to make sure inner contours have the opposite direction of outer contours. The manual explain this.
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Re: Creating an ancient font
Which section of the manual deals with this?
I have now exhaused most letters, how do I test these?. For example, the upside exclamation is only really used on Spanish keyboards:
Out of these, I only have a £ symbol as I live in the UK
I have now exhaused most letters, how do I test these?. For example, the upside exclamation is only really used on Spanish keyboards:
Out of these, I only have a £ symbol as I live in the UK
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If the font is for personal use, you don't need to include any glyphs that you know you will never use. However, to reach a wider market it is best to include glyphs for the main world languages like Spanish, German, and Polish/Czech.deuterium_1 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:31 pm Out of these, I only have a £ symbol as I live in the UK