Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
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Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
I'd like to make a bold variant for my font, but I would like it to apply to only certain glyphs. Is there a way to make the bold variant affect only selected glyphs, or does it transform the entire font?
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Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
If you did a stylistic alternative for just the glyphs you want to embolden then it could be done that way.
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Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
Thanks. This part of it is totally new to me. Could you direct me towards a tutorial or support page?
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Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
You don't need any OpenType features for this. Just use the glyph transformer to embolden selected glyphs, not the whole font, and let it change the font flags to bold weight. When the word-processor uses bold text, the bold variant will be used. The glyphs that are the same weight in both fonts will not look any different, only those that you have transformed.
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Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
That is a simpler solution.
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Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
Thanks, but using the bold transformation does not give me the exact result I need. There are dedicated bold characters that I wish to simply substitute, so when user switches from Regular to Bold, those selected characters will be bold, but others will not.
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Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
Well, that is exactly what will happen if you do as I said.Dan Kreider wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 1:20 pm Thanks, but using the bold transformation does not give me the exact result I need. There are dedicated bold characters that I wish to simply substitute, so when user switches from Regular to Bold, those selected characters will be bold, but others will not.
When a user selects bold in a word-processor, the bold version of the font is automatically selected. If you only apply the glyph transformation to the characters in the bold version, the other glyphs in the bold version will still be regular.
Regular Bold The rocket glyph is the same in both regular and bold versions of the font used here.
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Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
OK, I think I understand… I have to flag a glyph as “bold,” and it will use the bold variant I’ve assigned. Thanks!
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Re: Create bold variant for only certain glyphs?
You have to create a bold version of your regular font that is identical, except for the glyphs that you wish to be bold.