Generating first-draft small caps in GlyphsApp and RoboFont ScaleFast
This is an early session of me exploring the small cap design for my WIP type family, Lang.
AT Lang is available as a prerelease family at:
https://www.arrowtype.com/lang
Video Contents:
0:00 Intro
5:30 Looking at OpenType features
8:45 This took way too long to get to, lol
12:00 Approaches to generating small caps
13:05 RMX Scaler
14:22 What I’m using: ScaleFast in RoboFont
16:00 Converting sources with glyphs2ufo
17:50 Deciding on a starter height for small caps
23:55 Using ScaleFast
37:09 Opening UFOs in GlyphsApp
39:22 Oops, adding glyphs suffixes in RoboFont
41:00 Copy-pasting multiple glyphs in GlyphsApp
44:40 Removing unintended Unicode values
47:30 Reviewing our first draft small caps
49:22 Conclusion (for now)