Glyph Validation Report

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Glyph Validation Report

Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

What do people use this for? All I need is to be able to find glyphs with problems, so a simple list like this would be sufficient. The details are useful in the Validation toolbar, but not in the report.
Simple glyph index 26
Simple glyph index 232
Composite glyph index 255
Composite glyph index 389
Composite glyph index 423
Composite glyph index 628
Composite glyph index 660
Composite glyph index 728
Composite glyph index 786
Composite glyph index 788
Composite glyph index 790
Composite glyph index 812
Composite glyph index 814
Composite glyph index 816
Composite glyph index 830
Composite glyph index 832
Composite glyph index 834
Composite glyph index 954
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But it should be resident so you don't have to save it and retrieve it.
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Composites

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Why are the Composites even listed?

Make them simple and they are fixed, but that is not what composites are for.
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You probably want to avoid duplicate composites.
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Post by Dick Pape »

Making them simple may do nothing except make it hard to correct the single error in one of the pieces. (If he fixes 26, it might propagate itself through many of the composites anyway.)
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Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

A common error in composites is intersecting contours if accents are in the wrong position as in the circumflex hook below. Fixing errors in the composite glyph members won't fix that. Even when composite members are in the right position they may intersect. In this case they should be combined with Get Union of Contours, which will make the glyph simple as in i ogonek below. The glyph validation report will highlight those composites that you forgot to combine.

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