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Compile fonts from sources (UFO, Glyphs) to binary (OpenType, TrueType).
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Document which Glyphs features are supported by fontmake #91

Open brawer opened 8 years ago

brawer commented 8 years ago

@davelab6 asked over e-mail:

Are the 'bracket' and 'brace' glyphs interpolation features compatible with the toolchain? Are smart corners and smart components?

Since Dave might not the only person wondering, should we document in the README whether fontmake supports all Glyphs features? If not, what specifically is missing?

behdad commented 8 years ago

Right now fontmake does not generate GX variation fonts, so the answer is no and no. But both are possible and planned.

davelab6 commented 8 years ago

Cool. How to make GX fonts as @twardoch did in https://github.com/twardoch/test-fonts/tree/master/gx ?

anthrotype commented 8 years ago

You could try this https://github.com/behdad/fonttools/blob/master/Snippets/interpolate.py

behdad commented 8 years ago

Are the 'bracket' and 'brace' glyphs interpolation features compatible with the toolchain?

They currently are not. Well, sparse masters are supported by mutatorMath but not tested. But both are planned. Let's keep this open.