How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
Suppose you want to find out which of your fonts include petite caps, tabular figures or swashes. Is there a utility that will scan your font collection and compile a list of the ones which include a particular OpenType feature?
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Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
This sounds like a valid feature request for 'Main Type', perhaps you should ask Erwin.
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Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
The TrueType Viewer can view and test features (you need the download with the qt-mt230nc.dll), but it's dated and can only view one font at a time.
It would be a great feature to add to MainType.
It would be a great feature to add to MainType.
Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
Thanks for your support, gentlemen. Edit: And thanks to Bhikkhu Pesala for moving the thread from the General Font Discussions subforum.
Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
Though I have not installed the support for it, I do believe there are some Python scripts that can do this and generate a text-based report. I wouldn't know where to find them now, but a post on Typedrawers would likely be answered fairly quick.
Mike
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Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
I support this request, it would be very usefull.
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Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. I haven't followed it up yet, but I may well do so quite soon – unless someone else gets there first!
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Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
This would indeed be a feature that suits MainType. I've been thinking about adding some support like the OpenType Preview feature as available in FontCreator, but that is per font.
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Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
This has been implemented in MainType 8.0.
There is a column in views to show whether or not a font contains any OpenType features. The information panel can be used to compare OpenType features in different fonts.
There is a column in views to show whether or not a font contains any OpenType features. The information panel can be used to compare OpenType features in different fonts.
Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
And, with the Professional edition, you can use an auto-populating view to select for OpenType features.