r.init not showing at the beginning of a line

[ErwinDenissen]

I have programmed “r.init” to be a contextual alternate to come after a space. But at the beginning of a line, the “r.init” is not replacing the regular “r”. Please see the sample font and the other attachment for reference. How do I fix this?

This forum topic might help:
How to make a contextual cursive font

Especially this script might solve your problem:

script latn {
  feature ContextualAlternates;
}

class @hightail [b o q v w b.high o.high q.high v.high w.high b.init o.init q.init v.init w.init];
class @lowercase [a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z];
class @lowercasehigh [a.high b.high c.high d.high e.high f.high g.high h.high i.high j.high k.high l.high m.high n.high o.high p.high q.high r.high s.high t.high u.high v.high w.high x.high y.high z.high];
class @lowercaseinit [a.init b.init c.init d.init e.init f.init g.init h.init i.init j.init k.init l.init m.init n.init o.init p.init q.init r.init s.init t.init u.init v.init w.init x.init y.init z.init];
class @lowercasefina [a.fina b.fina c.fina d.fina e.fina f.fina g.fina h.fina i.fina j.fina k.fina l.fina m.fina n.fina o.fina p.fina q.fina r.fina s.fina t.fina u.fina v.fina w.fina x.fina y.fina z.fina];
class @lowercase_all [A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a.high b.high c.high d.high e.high f.high g.high h.high i.high j.high k.high l.high m.high n.high o.high p.high q.high r.high s.high t.high u.high v.high w.high x.high y.high z.high a.init b.init c.init d.init e.init f.init g.init h.init i.init j.init k.init l.init m.init n.init o.init p.init q.init r.init s.init t.init u.init v.init w.init x.init y.init z.init a.fina b.fina c.fina d.fina e.fina f.fina g.fina h.fina i.fina j.fina k.fina l.fina m.fina n.fina o.fina p.fina q.fina r.fina s.fina t.fina u.fina v.fina w.fina x.fina y.fina z.fina];

feature ContextualAlternates calt {
  lookup ChainingContextInit;
  lookup ChainingContextFina;
  lookup ChainingContextBetween;
  lookup ChainingContextHighTail;
}

lookup ChainingContextBetween {
  context (@lowercase_all) @lowercaseinit (@lowercase_all);
  sub 0 SingleSubstitutionInitToNormal;
}

lookup ChainingContextFina {
  context (@lowercase_all) @lowercase;
  sub 0 SingleSubstitutionFina;
}

lookup ChainingContextHighTail {
  context (@hightail) @lowercase;
  sub 0 SingleSubstitutionHighTail;
}

lookup ChainingContextInit {
  context @lowercase (@lowercase);
  sub 0 SingleSubstitutionInit;
}

lookup SingleSubstitutionFina {
  sub @lowercase -> @lowercasefina;
}

lookup SingleSubstitutionHighTail {
  sub @lowercase -> @lowercasehigh;
}

lookup SingleSubstitutionInit {
  sub @lowercase -> @lowercaseinit;
}

lookup SingleSubstitutionInitToNormal {
  sub @lowercaseinit -> @lowercase;
}

Mike, I think the idea is to use r.init after a newline code as well as after a space.

Each line starts as a new glyph run, so you can’t add a newline within feature code.