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I've been using FontCreator 11 professional version and today I told myself it was the moment to upgrade (in fact, I bought myself a new computer), but I see there is no upgrade file for FontCreator 11...

Please, is there a solution ?

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Hello ! :) I've finally fixed nearly all my first problems with creating my cursive font : http://www.scratch974.net/divers/font-24-08.png But when I use a large size, I see there the font characters don't go well together (position isn't always correct). So, now I want to have a look at anchors and...

Jonne Haven wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:37 pm I have about 40 calt entries doing different things.

Yes, this sounds very interesting, provided there are explanations given : not sure I will understand the code without comments...

I've sent you a PM.

Hello : ) I've finally managed to do what I wanted (free true cursive font for teachers and pupils), mostly thanks to the help found on this board. Here is a screenshot of my font : http://www.scratch974.net/divers/police-fb.jpg It's the first version and there are a lot of problems which remain to ...

It works fine. Thanks a lot.

Ok. Thank you.

Hello ! :) I'm a complete beginner, so it's difficult for me to do things in FontCreator. In the following code I'm writing several times " sub 0 SingleSubstitution1; " : lookup ChainingContext2 { subtable "Subtable 1" { context @num1(@num2); sub 0 SingleSubstitution1; } subtable...

Thank you. I will try to use this code and understand how it works to use it axactly as I need.

Here is an image showing what I want to do :


Please, tell me if I chose the wrong solution.

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Hello ! :) I finally managed to understand how to use Chaining Context and it's working. I use it so that when I type a letter belonging to a class(v, w, b, for example) I have specific letters which are used instead of the "normal" ones. Now, I need to replace a specific letter in a word ...

You still need to fix the metrics. The descenders clash badly with the ascenders. Yes, I've tried what you old me "Font Properties, Metrics, and let FontCreator calculate the metrics for you to optimise the line-spacing to prevent clashes between ascenders and descenders" but it didn't wo...

This what it looks like in French :

There are many problems.

Here is what I've done so far :

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:01 am You need to use a chaining context substitution.

Hello !

I've had a look at chaining context substitution but I don't understand how it works.

What do these words mean :
- backtrack ?
- lookahead ?

As for the substitution table : where do you create it ?

Thank you.