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by nabsltd
Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:58 pm
Forum: Implemented Feature Requests
Topic: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?
Replies: 10
Views: 16105

Re: How can a font collector identify supported OpenType features?

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:03 am This has been implemented in MainType 8.0.
And, with the Professional edition, you can use an auto-populating view to select for OpenType features.
by nabsltd
Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:44 pm
Forum: MainType - Bug Reports
Topic: "Show zoom popup when zoom panel is hidden" not working [Solved]
Replies: 5
Views: 10084

Re: "Show zoom popup when zoom panel is hidden" not working

If you want to see the zoom popup even when the Zoom Panel is not hidden, then select the option "Show always." Is there any downside to that that I have overlooked? Yes...user interface efficiency. If I have the zoom panel shown, it is because I am usually looking at several characters i...
by nabsltd
Fri Jul 06, 2018 4:42 am
Forum: MainType - Bug Reports
Topic: "Show zoom popup when zoom panel is hidden" not working [Solved]
Replies: 5
Views: 10084

Re: "Show zoom popup when zoom panel is hidden" not working

If the zoom panel is enabled, even if it is not currently visible, then one would expect to unpin it or focus it (if part of a group) to display it. That makes pinning or tabbing the zoom panel useless. The whole point that a layout with the zoom panel as part of a tab means you can use that panel ...
by nabsltd
Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:45 pm
Forum: MainType - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Comparing fonts
Replies: 19
Views: 29503

Re: Comparing fonts

Some other font managers have a mode where the preview text is basically the only thing displayed in the list of fonts, and you can then have multiple columns displayed: FontDisplayExample.jpg If you did that to the preview window, you could have something like the following (with just one column): ...
by nabsltd
Thu Jul 05, 2018 4:01 pm
Forum: MainType - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Allow user modification of font foundry list
Replies: 0
Views: 8343

Allow user modification of font foundry list

Although MainType keeps the official list of registered foundries up-to-date in a reasonable timeframe, there are a lot of unregistered foundries that use unofficial four-character identifiers. For example, one font author that does this is "Jester Font Studio", which uses "jfs" ...
by nabsltd
Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:52 pm
Forum: MainType - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Allow drag and drop from MainType to FontCreator
Replies: 2
Views: 8197

Re: Allow drag and drop from MainType to FontCreator

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:45 am A context menu item to Open Fonts in FontCreator would be better.
Both features would be even better, because if implemented correctly, it would also allow drag and drop from MainType to any application that could deal with the font file.
by nabsltd
Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:42 am
Forum: MainType - Bug Reports
Topic: "Show zoom popup when zoom panel is hidden" not working [Solved]
Replies: 5
Views: 10084

"Show zoom popup when zoom panel is hidden" not working [Solved]

In MainType 8.0.0.1135: The option setting for "Show zoom popup" doesn't seem to work right if set to "When zoom panel is hidden". It does work if the zoom panel is closed , but if you just hide the docked zoom panel (by clicking the thumbtack), then the zoom popup doesn't open. ...
by nabsltd
Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:23 am
Forum: MainType - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Allow drag and drop from MainType to FontCreator
Replies: 2
Views: 8197

Allow drag and drop from MainType to FontCreator

It would be nice if a user could drag a font from MainType to FontCreator to open it for editing. I have another font manager not made by High-Logic, and it allows me to do this kind of drag and drop.
by nabsltd
Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:57 am
Forum: MainType - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Allow text search on more than just font name
Replies: 0
Views: 8245

Allow text search on more than just font name

As a even more powerful version of my request for more columns, it would be even better to be able to perform a text search on the text fields in the font information. The search should be able to be restricted to specific fields. Here's a list of the fields that I think should be searchable via tex...
by nabsltd
Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:49 am
Forum: MainType - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Make more fields in the font information available as columns
Replies: 0
Views: 8456

Make more fields in the font information available as columns

There is a lot of information about a font that we can't really search right now, but for large libraries, it's important to be able to find fonts in ways other than what is currently available. For example, there are a lot of font creators out there that don't have a foundry name/abbreviation offic...
by nabsltd
Tue Jul 03, 2018 2:21 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: What does "Outline Issues" mean?
Replies: 21
Views: 12945

Re: What does "Outline Issues" mean?

Just to add to the confusion, I found another font where there are two glyphs that are identical except for name and code points, but only one is flagged with "Outline Issues". The one that isn't flagged doesn't have any code point assigned. So, it's not just the "outlines" that ...
by nabsltd
Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:59 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: What does "Outline Issues" mean?
Replies: 21
Views: 12945

Re: What does "Outline Issues" mean?

You must be right, Erwin … $2E12 or hypodiastolḗ seems to be an early Greek comma if you will. For kicks, I set the bearings to -50 and 50 and it looks to be better positioned to act as a comma. And, it was removed from the Outline Issues list. Funny, I would not think of the bearings as an outline...
by nabsltd
Fri Jun 29, 2018 5:25 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: What does "Outline Issues" mean?
Replies: 21
Views: 12945

Re: What does "Outline Issues" mean?

In Tools, Options, Validation, enable Local Detection. It is. You will then see that the first glyph has off-curve extreme co-ordinates. The second glyph with outline issues is a composte. Jump to the glyph members and you will see the same error. Did you bother to read anything I wrote? Once all v...
by nabsltd
Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:48 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: What does "Outline Issues" mean?
Replies: 21
Views: 12945

Re: What does "Outline Issues" mean?

An example is a Google font licensed under the OFL, so you should be able to grab it: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cardo Open the "regular" font, and you'll see the glyphs with "Outline Issues' (#1714 and #3043). Glyph 1714 also needs fixing from validation issues, but that's not...
by nabsltd
Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:24 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: What does "Outline Issues" mean?
Replies: 21
Views: 12945

Re: What does "Outline Issues" mean?

There will be something wrong, probably something that the font validation can detect but not fix. Nope. The validation window says "No problems detected", and the glyph isn't in the "Validation Issues" group. In addition, the "Outline Issues" group appears as soon as ...