Alternative character in Colour

akashif · December 1, 2020, 9:38am

Hi,

I am using FontCreator 13, and having a problem with Alternative character in color,

I have designed some Alternative character in standard black as well as in some colors, (Arabic character),

but when I try to use those, the colored alternate appears as Black, (when viewed in Browser or any other software like Adobe illustrator)

any advice will be helpful.

Thank you
Ali

ErwinDenissen · December 1, 2020, 9:47am

What color format did you select on exporting the font?

Bhikkhu_Pesala · December 1, 2020, 9:49am

Most browsers now support color font technology. The Web Font test in FontCreator will open a test page in your default browser.

Not all applications support color fonts, but Adobe Illustrator should. I do not have it to test.

Try with my free Odana multi-coloured font.

akashif · December 1, 2020, 11:28am

HI

I have attached the images for export settings

Thank you
Ali

ErwinDenissen · December 1, 2020, 11:37am

Those settings look fine. What characters have color but fail to show?

akashif · December 1, 2020, 11:56am

hi,

I am again attaching images, I am using Arabic Characters

Thank you
Ali

ErwinDenissen · December 1, 2020, 1:04pm

Adobe Illustrator does not support OpenType COLR. You need to export with the SVG color format. This tutorial explains it:

https://www.high-logic.com/font-editor/fontcreator/tutorials/create-opentype-color-fonts

akashif · December 2, 2020, 3:06pm

hi,

I tried to export the font using your instructions and exported it with SVG Color format and it worked in Adobe illustrator, but not working in Browser.

so I exported the font again with color = “Both COLOR and SVG”, see the attached image.

and it works in Adobe illustrator but not in Browser. (Google Chrome)

so what should I do to make it run in the browser as well

Thank you
Ali

ErwinDenissen · December 2, 2020, 3:12pm

My Chrome browser shows such dual color fonts, so I don’t know why it fails on your side.