Autokern from master, thoughts
Posted: 12 Apr 2022
Hello,
First off, many thanks for the great Autokern from Master feature. I am aware that this is the first version with this feature, but I would still like to suggest some things that have bugged me.
When setting a master to be autokerned from another source, Kern On deletes all models done up until then. This means that one cannot revert to the manually made models after checking out how it would kern from another source.
Similarly, it appears that Kern On still takes into account independent pairs set in the current master. While I understand this (even though I personally wouldn't opt for this behaviour), I am suprised Kern On doesn't allow editing or removal of the inpendent pairs. So, if I have the master set to autokern from another source, I cannot touch the independent pairs anymore, which is quite annoying.
Finally, a feature request: Would it be somehow feasible to add a tightness option for the overall kerning when kerning from another source? For instance, I have modelled a roman file, and want to use this file as the autokern reference for my italic file. My italic is spaced slightly tighter though. Kern On is now adding 10 units everywhere. I would find it very useful to have an option telling Kern On by how much the spacing is adjusted in the new master in regards to the reference. I hope this makes sense.
As always, thanks immensely for this tool (which, I hope, will spawn a spacing assistant of the same manner one day). I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
First off, many thanks for the great Autokern from Master feature. I am aware that this is the first version with this feature, but I would still like to suggest some things that have bugged me.
When setting a master to be autokerned from another source, Kern On deletes all models done up until then. This means that one cannot revert to the manually made models after checking out how it would kern from another source.
Similarly, it appears that Kern On still takes into account independent pairs set in the current master. While I understand this (even though I personally wouldn't opt for this behaviour), I am suprised Kern On doesn't allow editing or removal of the inpendent pairs. So, if I have the master set to autokern from another source, I cannot touch the independent pairs anymore, which is quite annoying.
Finally, a feature request: Would it be somehow feasible to add a tightness option for the overall kerning when kerning from another source? For instance, I have modelled a roman file, and want to use this file as the autokern reference for my italic file. My italic is spaced slightly tighter though. Kern On is now adding 10 units everywhere. I would find it very useful to have an option telling Kern On by how much the spacing is adjusted in the new master in regards to the reference. I hope this makes sense.
As always, thanks immensely for this tool (which, I hope, will spawn a spacing assistant of the same manner one day). I look forward to hearing your thoughts.