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Thank you. I see now how this works and that things proceed after an OTLFD warning. I've posted an issue on Github/Noto about these lookups.

So I did panic a bit ... sorry 'bout that - should have been able to figure this out ...

Well ... lots of behavior seems to have changed in 13.0.0.2645. I'm not sure what is going on, but when I open the Code Editor window, I now get hundreds of line of NULL pos directives in some lookups. For example: pos dieresis mark NULL; These get flagged as: Warning: No anchor defined for glyph &q...

The behavior has changed between 13.0.0.2643 and 13.0.0.2645 ... FC now skips these situations rather than halting ...

I have a font from an outside source (Noto) that has the OpenType Code (from the OTD Code editor): feature GlyphCompositionDecomposition2 ccmp { lookup Ligature1; lookup ChainingContext1; lookup ChainingContext1; lookup ChainingContext1; lookup Ligature2; lookup Ligature2; lookup Ligature2; lookup M...

I've been working with Bhikkhu Pesala's method of copying glyphs to the Latin script code points in order to access the FC AutoMetrics / Optical Metrics functionality for a while now. Some things I've encountered that may be helpful: It really helps to pre-sort all glyphs by Code Point order (Tools ...

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:35 pm They didn't have FontCreator or Autometrics in the time of the Greeks.

Just came across this article, discussing the use of kerning in Sumeria ... wayyy before the Greeks ...

https://www.shillingtoneducation.com/blog/kerning/

Oh that is really excellent ... Thank you!

I'm getting corrupt output for glyphs that have two levels of composites. My "1/6" fraction is a composite, where the "6" is a glyph which itself is a single member composite. Both level of compositing perform a reposition on the glyph, and the second reposition is lost. This onl...

> They are shown only if H.smcp (or h.smcp) and x.smcp exist.

... and I'm guessing they take their metrics from those glyphs ... Thanks!

Thank you Bhikkhu ... One challenge is that the glyph names are things like a.smcp (for example) ... not glyph names that are standard to a particular code point. Can I cut-paste glyph names from a text list somehow? .. oh ... wait ... I get it. Add characters by code point, ... then add glyphs by g...

Might anyone know a handy way to insert a large block of glyphs, giving both their glyph names and code points? Both Insert Glyphs and Insert Characters perform half of that ... The setting is a large set of alternate glyphs that will be accessible both from an OpenType feature and (for Microsoft Wo...

How are the visual guides in the Glyph Edit window for things like CapHeight.smcp and Baseline.smcp controlled / set / turned on and off?

There is no reference to this in the User Guide or this forum that I can find ...

Of course! Perfect!! ... and sorry for not realizing this ...

Is there a way to turn On / Off color mode in the Font Overview Window. The View => Color Mode menu item as well as the handy [Color Mode] toolbar button both work nicely for the Glyph Edit window, but seemed to be disabled for the Font Overview window. It would be really handy to be able to turn on...

Is the MaxContext field (O2/2, but really pertains to GPOS and GSUB) auto-calculated by FC? I vaguely recall it used to be a user input.

I cannot seem to locate it anywhere. Is it shown anyplace?