Tips for working across a lot of sources for a variable font in RoboFont
Working on some details of Name Sans! Here, I’m checking and refining the positioning of anchors across glyphs in 12 font source. I share some type design workflows in RoboFont, including filters, the “Simple Font Window,” setting up keyboard shortcuts, and using a few basic Python scripting techniques.
Several of the utility scripts mentioned here, including my slightly edited version of “Simple Font Window” are available in this GitHub repo:
https://github.com/arrowtype/arrowtyp...
A newer version of the “Simple Font Window” mentioned here is available in the RoboFont Docs:
https://robofont.com/documentation/tu...
The extension “Edit that Next Master” is available here (or from RoboFont Mechanic):
https://github.com/LettError/editThat...
After posting the video, Connor Davenport helpfully shared a script to sync anchors between glyphs. I haven’t tested it, but it seems helpful for automating part of what I do in this video (e.g. updating /uhorn anchors to match /u, etc):
https://gist.github.com/connordavenpo...