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Extending Glyphs
It is easy to extend Glyphs: tap into the realm of existing scripts and plug-ins, or even write your own extension. It’s easier than you may think.Basically there are two ways of extending the...
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Tokens
Of course you can type all your feature code yourself. But you don’t have to. Tokens help you automate your feature code in a smart way.Add dynamic feature code with tokens. Syntactically, tokens are...
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Easy oblique
Now that you’ve finished the upright of your font, you’re confronted with a severe case of italic angst. An easy way out is an oblique. But in fact, even in a real italic, the caps and small caps will...
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Contextual kerning
Glyphs offers a smart way to add your own contextual kerning in a separate OpenType feature. Warning: rather advanced level.So, you have optimized the sidebearings of your glyphs, then added kerning...
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Localize your font: Catalan punt volat
In Catalonia, you will sometimes see a dot in mid air between two L’s. Here is why, and how to implement it in your font.Catalans type L·L (L–periodcentered–L) when they mean to type a punt volat...
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Reusing shapes: corner components
Corner components are pretty much like magic for creating serifs. And not only serifs.Corner components are shapelets you can attach to corner nodes. Perfect for serifs, they also lend themselves for...
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Naming
Font names are important because they determine font menu grouping and ordering, which is crucial for the way your fonts will appear to your users. Naming your font family can be a little tricky, so...
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Kerning
Changing the whitespace enclosed inside a pair of glyphs is called kerning. Here’s how to do it in Glyphs, with lots of good tips to make your task easy.Kerning is usually something you do very late in...
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Creating a variable font
Variable fonts open a whole new world of possibilities. Creating them is a breeze in Glyphs.What are variable fonts? If you have not read John Hudson’s excellent introductory article, stop right now...
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Vertical metrics
Vertical metrics determine the first baseline in a text, the distance between lines of text, and the padding to the following object below the last baseline.For historical reasons, there are no less...
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