How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
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How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
Hello,
I'm new here, and I have a font that has three variants
Can anyone help me how to create alternate fonts in FontCreator?
I try to search on youtube and on the net but can't find any.
Please, I need help and if possible send me a video for tutorials.
Tnx.
Mensinhl
I'm new here, and I have a font that has three variants
Can anyone help me how to create alternate fonts in FontCreator?
I try to search on youtube and on the net but can't find any.
Please, I need help and if possible send me a video for tutorials.
Tnx.
Mensinhl
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
I moved your post to the correct forum.
You can find some Video Tutorials in the Tutorials forum.
What do you mean by variants? Regular, Bold, and Italics? Or something else?
You can find some Video Tutorials in the Tutorials forum.
What do you mean by variants? Regular, Bold, and Italics? Or something else?
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
It is not Regular, bold and italics and also bold italics,
For example for the char A, it has 3 different type of A. so in photoshop, or indesign, when i highlight the char A, it will show me 3 alternate A in glyph.
See in the attachment, an example.
So i need to know what are the steps to create alternate font in fontcreator.
Any help.
For example for the char A, it has 3 different type of A. so in photoshop, or indesign, when i highlight the char A, it will show me 3 alternate A in glyph.
See in the attachment, an example.
So i need to know what are the steps to create alternate font in fontcreator.
Any help.
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
You need to add a Stylistic Alternates feature using the OpenType Designer.
Name your glyphs A, A.alt1, A.alt2 etc., and add a glyph substitution as in the linked thread.
Name your glyphs A, A.alt1, A.alt2 etc., and add a glyph substitution as in the linked thread.
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
Please can you give me more details, on how to add Stylistic Alternates on fontcreator. Also, i dont know what is the use of lookups. Do i need to insert single substitution and so on, pls.
Any help.
Any help.
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
Watch the video What's New in FontCreator 11.0 from 7:30 onwards on adding scripts, features, and lookups.
Which version of FontCreator do you have ?
Which version of FontCreator do you have ?
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
I have check the video that you sent me the link but there is only a short brief on how to use opentype designer.
Please is it possible to make a full tutorials on opentype designer like how to add alternate font such as 3 variants fonts in the same font?
What is the use of features and lookups?
What is class manager?
When adding an alternate, do i need to add chaining context and so on.
Please i really need your help. I know that it is a bit hard for you to do so, can you try and also i dont really use scripts in codes?
Sorry to disturb you again.
Regards,
Mensinhl
Please is it possible to make a full tutorials on opentype designer like how to add alternate font such as 3 variants fonts in the same font?
What is the use of features and lookups?
What is class manager?
When adding an alternate, do i need to add chaining context and so on.
Please i really need your help. I know that it is a bit hard for you to do so, can you try and also i dont really use scripts in codes?
Sorry to disturb you again.
Regards,
Mensinhl
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
You don't need a chaining context, just a simple Glyph Substitution.
I already spent many months of my free time producing the tutorials. I have no more time to spare for hand-holding you through the process.
Read the help file, watch the tutorials, and discover how the process works.
I already spent many months of my free time producing the tutorials. I have no more time to spare for hand-holding you through the process.
Read the help file, watch the tutorials, and discover how the process works.
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
Hello,
I find a font which has 5 variants type so when i type A - 5 times, it show 5 different variants in either in Photoshop, Indesign and also in Opentype designer when i type 5 type it, but in opentype designer, when i click on CALT, it works so any help...
I really need your help.
Tnx for all.
Regards,
Mensinhl
I find a font which has 5 variants type so when i type A - 5 times, it show 5 different variants in either in Photoshop, Indesign and also in Opentype designer when i type 5 type it, but in opentype designer, when i click on CALT, it works so any help...
I really need your help.
Tnx for all.
Regards,
Mensinhl
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
Even with this new information it is not clear to me what you try to accomplish.
Maybe the rand feature would do the trick?
Maybe the rand feature would do the trick?
Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
I think that the OP wants the calt feature to cycle through alternates automatically like in this Glyphs tutorial:
https://glyphsapp.com/tutorials/feature ... alternates
Mike
https://glyphsapp.com/tutorials/feature ... alternates
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
Here is how it can be done in FontCreator:
Add Contextual Alternates to Mimic Random Glyph Rotation
Add Contextual Alternates to Mimic Random Glyph Rotation
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
Yes, that what i'm trying to do but even with your example, i cant solve the problem. any help.
I send you an example in the attachment but can you try to solve the problem and send me back so i can know why i cant done it correctly.
Tnx for all.
Mensinhl
I send you an example in the attachment but can you try to solve the problem and send me back so i can know why i cant done it correctly.
Tnx for all.
Mensinhl
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
I've used Garava to make a test case which contains OpenType layout feature code for 4 additional pseudo random character variants for all lower case Latin characters (a..z).
Due to the nature of processing text, each line resets the "randomness".
Due to the nature of processing text, each line resets the "randomness".
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Re: How do I Create Alternate Fonts?
Thank you very much for your example, i finally understand how it works but now i have more problems such as for the first 2 letters such as BA should be the first variant and after this another BA and this one should be the second one and so on.
How can i do this settings?
Please check the picture in the attachment, i sent you an example , how it should be. the font in the red circle is the correct one.
Please any help.
Mensinhl
How can i do this settings?
Please check the picture in the attachment, i sent you an example , how it should be. the font in the red circle is the correct one.
Please any help.
Mensinhl
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