Comments (5)
@MattGreyDesign I absolutely recommend RMX -- I mostly use the Harmonizer and the Scaler. RMX Harmonizer automatically smooths all your curves in the way you might do manually with the assistance of the Speedpunk plugin. And RMX Scaler is great for fonts with multiple masters -- it allows you to very easily create things like smallcaps and fractions without screwing up your stem widths.
I agree real italics are a pain... fortunately Barlow uses a lot of components so not every letter will need modification, and I'm hoping I can write some Python scripts to take care of some of the curves...
from barlow.
The faux obliques are back in as of a while ago. And couple of problem characters are being replaced. Really needs some sort of Cursify
filter to fix to get the stroke angle correct, and some kerning stuff too.
from barlow.
I'm aware it's not a free tool, but the RMX Tuner from the Font Remix Tools for Glyphs would be perfect for doing this https://remix-tools.com/glyphsapp/tutorials I haven't yet used it but I'm very tempted to buy it.
from barlow.
Hey @MattGreyDesign -- I use RMX tools extensively and RMX Tuner->Slant
isn't much different (or different at all) from the standard Glyphs Transformations->Slant
. The Glyphs Transformations->Cursify
filter is a little bit better, but that creates other issues.
Ultimately, this method is probably the best way to fix things after slanting them -- http://66.147.242.192/~operinan/2/2.3.4a/2.3.4.34.curves.htm -- but it's an involved process. Writing a script to do it could be helpful although I think that's what Cursify does.
from barlow.
That's surprising, I assumed RMX would be better, but I'm guessing you would recommend it for other things?
Usually Italics are manually made but it's a real pain as you probably well know, I think the best method of attack like you say is to start with an italic master from a generated instance that originally uses the cursify/slant.
from barlow.
Related Issues (20)
- Barlow Thin and Extra light has Problem with letters bdpq HOT 17
- Request for Support for Catalan Characters in Barlow Condensed Font HOT 2
- Update width axis coordinates
- add ghana support
- Lowercase "i" looks like uppercase "i" in bold on linux HOT 6
- combining dot below HOT 1
- Asterisk operator HOT 2
- Unify Family Name & Edit Style Name HOT 3
- Add ẞ (U+1E9E) to Font HOT 2
- An essential letter is missing in the Spanish alphabet (letter "eñe") HOT 20
- Size discrepancy between 600 and 500 weights at 12px size (Webfont, WOFF2) HOT 1
- Different vertical line height between OTF and TTF formats HOT 3
- Incompatibility with pacific northwest coast indigenous characters HOT 2
- Middle dot problem with double el (Barlow Google Fonts) HOT 9
- Is this font still in development? HOT 4
- Capital I and lowercase l more distinguishable HOT 1
- Space issue with the ' ï ' HOT 4
- Problems with Umlauts HOT 4
- SemiCondensed ExtraLight - nameID 1 different in Roman and Italic HOT 6
- Complete the design space for better portability and VF HOT 1
Recommend Projects
-
React
A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
-
Vue.js
🖖 Vue.js is a progressive, incrementally-adoptable JavaScript framework for building UI on the web.
-
Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.
-
TensorFlow
An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone
-
Django
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
-
Laravel
A PHP framework for web artisans
-
D3
Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML. 📊📈🎉
-
Recommend Topics
-
javascript
JavaScript (JS) is a lightweight interpreted programming language with first-class functions.
-
web
Some thing interesting about web. New door for the world.
-
server
A server is a program made to process requests and deliver data to clients.
-
Machine learning
Machine learning is a way of modeling and interpreting data that allows a piece of software to respond intelligently.
-
Visualization
Some thing interesting about visualization, use data art
-
Game
Some thing interesting about game, make everyone happy.
Recommend Org
-
Facebook
We are working to build community through open source technology. NB: members must have two-factor auth.
-
Microsoft
Open source projects and samples from Microsoft.
-
Google
Google ❤️ Open Source for everyone.
-
Alibaba
Alibaba Open Source for everyone
-
D3
Data-Driven Documents codes.
-
Tencent
China tencent open source team.
from barlow.