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by PJMiller
Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:46 pm
Forum: General Font Discussions
Topic: Brahmic scripts
Replies: 5
Views: 7962

Re: Brahmic scripts

The issue is can the OS and/or application handle shaping for X language. So I guess the question is, can Windows render Tamil ? And a subsequent question, Can Mac OS render Tamil ? I have been asked to add Tamil to ' Bainsley ', it has become apparent that there is a lot more to it than just addin...
by PJMiller
Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:33 am
Forum: General Font Discussions
Topic: Brahmic scripts
Replies: 5
Views: 7962

Brahmic scripts

If I were to design a Brahmic script like Tamil would it need to use a shaping engine like the Arabic fonts ?

If it does then is this automatic or do I have to do something ?
by PJMiller
Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:41 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: newbie question: how to... vowel diacritics in original fantasy font
Replies: 3
Views: 2409

Re: newbie question: how to... vowel diacritics in original fantasy font

You can correctly position diacritic marks with ' Anchors '. You have to name the anchor but when you have a base character with a base anchor followed by a mark character with a mark anchor with the corresponding name then the mark character is re-positioned so it's anchor is in the same place as t...
by PJMiller
Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:09 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Used by ...
Replies: 1
Views: 6148

Used by ...

It seems to me that the 'Used By ...' function would be even more useful if it also reported if the glyph was used by an Open Type feature.

I don't know if this would be easy or hard to implement but it would enhance the program.
by PJMiller
Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:24 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Italic and oblique and slanted fonts
Replies: 3
Views: 2182

Re: Italic and oblique and slanted fonts

Pyanepsion wrote: Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:26 am Finally,, how can one really be sure that a font named italic or oblique or slanted is so?
Look at it ! If it looks slanted or italic then it probably is. :lol:
by PJMiller
Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:07 am
Forum: FontCreator - Discussion
Topic: Add extra glyphs/ligatures without unicode code-point
Replies: 1
Views: 4871

Re: Add extra glyphs/ligatures without unicode code-point

Under the menu ' Insert ' -> ' Glyphs ... ' then select how many to insert and where you want them (I usually put them after the last glyph ). They will be classified as ' Unused ' unless they are used by an Open Type feature like a ligature substitution. Unused glyphs are not accessible in applicat...
by PJMiller
Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:21 am
Forum: FontCreator - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Inserting Glyphs in Test Desktop Font
Replies: 5
Views: 4991

Re: Inserting Glyphs in Test Desktop Font

Perhaps a drop down character selection grid like in the 'Character Map' program somewhere in the preview panel would be quite useful in a limited number of circumstances (for me at least) as an alternative to typing for more arcane languages like Georgian and Armenian because I only have a Latin ke...
by PJMiller
Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:30 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: none similar web font smoothing/hinting
Replies: 6
Views: 2411

Re: none similar web font smoothing/hinting

TTFautohint is pretty good at hinting a font, just not quite as good as doing it manually, but doing it manually is a LOT of work. The automatic hinting is good enough in my opinion.
by PJMiller
Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:20 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Discussion
Topic: A Question about bearings
Replies: 1
Views: 4806

Re: A Question about bearings

I believe it is just processed once and that it is treated as just one glyph.
by PJMiller
Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:10 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Sans Mateo
Replies: 4
Views: 8091

Re: Sans Mateo

An update, I added a couple of instances and corrected some issues which were pointed out in the previous post. Time to move on to new endeavours I think.

Sans Mateo.zip
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by PJMiller
Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:50 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Sans Mateo
Replies: 4
Views: 8091

Re: Sans Mateo

Good job I didn't release it yet ! :)
by PJMiller
Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:40 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Sans Mateo
Replies: 4
Views: 8091

Re: Sans Mateo

Version 2 of Sans Mateo is a variable font, a few mistakes have been sorted out and inconsistencies harmonised. The .ZIP file contains the two variable fonts (one for upright and one for italic) plus the four non variable fixed fonts and a WOFF folder with the variable webfonts. If anyone wants the ...
by PJMiller
Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:51 pm
Forum: General Font Discussions
Topic: A question regarding fonts
Replies: 1
Views: 5861

Re: A question regarding fonts

All the 'a' characters came out the same in your post but I assume you mean the single storey 'a' and the two storey 'a'. The handwriting 'a' with a single loop is called the single storey 'a'. The more complex 'a' with a loop at the bottom and a hook over the top is the two storey 'a'. I have no id...
by PJMiller
Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:00 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
Replies: 8
Views: 3347

Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?

That is a simpler solution. 8)
by PJMiller
Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:42 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
Replies: 8
Views: 3347

Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?

If you did a stylistic alternative for just the glyphs you want to embolden then it could be done that way.