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by psb1558
17 Aug 2022
Forum: Kern On forum
Topic: Large fonts: thoughts and a couple of wishes
Replies: 3
Views: 5759

Re: Large fonts: thoughts and a couple of wishes

Thanks for the detailed reply, Tim. I figured the explanation would be something like what you've said. I hope having my big Junicode files will help you find solutions. It may be that there are better ways of coping than what I've done (marking big blocks of glyphs "no kerning," so that, ...
by psb1558
17 Aug 2022
Forum: Kern On forum
Topic: Large fonts: thoughts and a couple of wishes
Replies: 3
Views: 5759

Re: Large fonts: thoughts and a couple of wishes

I marked about 750 more glyphs "no kerning" and succeeded in running KO overnight.
by psb1558
17 Aug 2022
Forum: Kern On forum
Topic: Large fonts: thoughts and a couple of wishes
Replies: 3
Views: 5759

Large fonts: thoughts and a couple of wishes

So far I've used Kern On for two fonts. I'm getting used to its ways, and I've got to say I really love it. One font has seven masters and 1368 glyphs, while the other has six masters and 4865 glyphs. With the first, when KO runs, it finishes in under an hour. With the second, well, I started it bef...
by psb1558
22 Jul 2022
Forum: Kern On forum
Topic: Stylistic sets and alts
Replies: 6
Views: 8346

Re: Stylistic sets and alts

Thanks for the reply, Tim. The files are in Glyphs 2 format, but being edited in Glyphs 3 (because Glyphs 2 files work better with fontmake). You can grab either Elstob.glyphs or Elstob-Italic.glyphs at https://github.com/psb1558/Elstob-font/tree/master/sources. Look especially at glyphs b.lf, h.lf,...
by psb1558
21 Jul 2022
Forum: Kern On forum
Topic: Stylistic sets and alts
Replies: 6
Views: 8346

Re: Stylistic sets and alts

First of all, thanks for this amazing tool, and for this useful forum! I've read this thread and watched the "Under the Hood" video, and I'm having problems with KO not finding a number of glyphs referenced in OT features. The feature that's giving trouble (the one I've found so far, anywa...