[FIXED] Hinting Could Not Be Added

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KaizenNeko
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[FIXED] Hinting Could Not Be Added

Post by KaizenNeko »

I've been running in to an error when exporting my fonts using autohinting.
Error
Error
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I'm not sure what is causing it because it happens with pretty much every font I've made. I've attached the latest one I've tried.
These are the settings I've been using to export:
Export Settings
Export Settings
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Using: version 7.5.0 (build 519) on Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
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Re: Hinting Could Not Be Added

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I expect that it's caused by the crazy number of nodes on the diagonals. The hinting engine probably cannot cope with that. A quick test after deleting all glyphs with diagonals exported with Autohinting OK. How are you creating your fonts to get so many nodes?
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Re: Hinting Could Not Be Added

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I thought of that a little while after posting and remade the diagonals. But even with minimal nodes it still throws the error.

I've attached the updated version of the font on this post.

Edit:
I've been using CorelDraw X2 and copy-pasting the glyphs in. The original import setting are below, but I changed Import Mode from Pixels to Trace and stopped it from making so many nodes.
Import Settings- Image Panel
Import Settings- Image Panel
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Import Settings- Glyph Panel
Import Settings- Glyph Panel
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Re: Hinting Could Not Be Added

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I don't any difference — look at the number of nodes in the hintline.

The zero, for example, has 1702 nodes — it only needs 10. The .notdef glyph has loads too.

How are you getting your curves into FontCreator?
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Re: Hinting Could Not Be Added

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The pixel mode is there for fonts with rough edges, for a geometric font like yours you need the vector mode with as few nodes as possible.
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Re: Hinting Could Not Be Added

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Ah shoot, I missed the numerals when reimporting glyphs. :P

Looking at the other fonts I was having the problem with, they have the same massive amounts of nodes.
I've reimported all glyphs with the messed up diagonals using trace mode, and got it to export with autohinting on.

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Re: Hinting Could Not Be Added

Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

So easy when you know how.

Glad to learn that you're now up and running.
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Re: Hinting Could Not Be Added

Post by KaizenNeko »

It also fixed another problem I was having with another editor I use for exporting Type-1 fonts. :)
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