Yesterday I experimented by trying to add a calligraphic version of a v to the font.
In the event, three glyphs were added.
- SONNC024.TTF
- Sonnet Calligraphic 024 font
- (32.69 KiB) Downloaded 526 times
I used much the same technique as before of constructing a framework for the calligraphic flourish using on-curve points and then making them become off-curve points and then adding an on-curve point between each pair of adjacent off-curve points. However, there was some difference this time as up until now all of the lines had been either horizontal or vertical, yet this time one of the lines is at an angle.
The line was extended by a process that was started by making a copy of the original v contour and pasting it into the glyph and then moving the contour to the right by 400 font units and then deleting the left side of the contour so that a copy of just the right side of the contour remained.
The coordinate values of the upper left point of the right side of the v were noted.
The coordinate values of the lower left point of the copy of the lone right side were noted.
The lone right side contour was then moved using the arrow keys, sometimes using the arrow keys in conjunction with the Shift key or the Control key, so that the two points became coincided.
The two contours were then joined. This produced a single contour of a v with a longer right side.
The extending process was repeated so that a still longer right side was produced.
Along the way a few points were deleted from the right side as thought desirable.
Here is a transcript of the notes that I added to a WordPad .rtf file as I went along.
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Thursday 20 May 2010
6:53 am
Open SONNC023.TTF.
Save as SONNC024.TTF.
Use Tools AutoNaming... so as to adjust the name and date.
Add U+E5F3 Alt 58867 as a copy of v.
Try to make the right side line go up and over to the right.
The glyph seems to curve off at too high a point.
Copy it as U+E5F4 Alt 58868 and try to make the curve start at a lower point.
Try, for each side of the line, splitting the difference and deleting the upper points from where the curve started previously.
Try U+E5F5 Alt 58869 as a copy of U+E5F4 that goes out further to the right.
Which of the latest two glyphs is better? Or does it depend upon the text with which it is used?
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about 7:25 am
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12:38 pm
Alter U+E5F3, U+E5F4 and U+E5F5 so that each has a three point rounded end on the calligraphic flourish.
Use a height of three-quarters of the width. That is a height of 24 font units with a width of 32 font units.
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William Overington
21 May 2010