I have updated my FontCreator from version 13 to 15 around a month ago, and while I do like a lot of the changes, I'm still struggling with some others:
- It seems not possible any more to create .otf fonts using the export (see viewtopic.php?t=9294)?
- The cutting tool used to show the start and end point and the angle in the status bar at the bottom which was very useful. It does not show anything any more now. It would also snap to points in point editing mode which does not work any more.
- The union, intersection and exclusion features worked better before. There was always the issue that they would sometimes just delete one of the contours, but it used to get better with every version until 13. In 15, it happens more often again. For example if you have a circle and a rectangle overlapping, with the same x coordinate on their leftmost point, union and exclusion will always delete the rectangle.
- Working with composite glyphs used to be easier and more obvious: In the glyph editor window, it is hard to tell if the glyph even is a composite unless you double click somewhere, which results in
- point edit mode if the glyph is simple
- jumping to the member glyph if the glyph was a composite and you hit a member (with no obvious way to jump back)
- no reaction at all if the glyph is a composite and you hit the background.
- Also in composite glyphs, I miss the Use this glyph's metrics checkbox in the member properties panel. I understand that I can use the member glyph's name in the LSB and RSB fields, but jumping to the member to copy its name, then navigate back to the composite and paste the name twice is much more tedious than just ticking a box. Also, since all my already existing composite glyphs display numbers in these fields and not member names, I guess I have lost this connection everywhere with the update?
But #1 makes updating my font impossible, and #2 and #3 can be pretty annoying sometimes. Is it possible to install FontCreator 13 in parallel? And if yes, is there a download link for the installer somewhere? Unfortunately I had overwritten the installer .exe with the new one, not expecting I'd be interested in the older version again.
Kind regards,
Alexander Lange