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Design Issues #1

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vv-monsalve opened this issue Nov 23, 2021 · 15 comments
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Design Issues #1

vv-monsalve opened this issue Nov 23, 2021 · 15 comments
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vv-monsalve commented Nov 23, 2021 •
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Google Fonts Latin Core & Plus coverage

  • Design all the glyphs required both in the Latin Core + GF Latin Plus encoding
  • Create all the comb marks as mentioned below
  • Leave only the compound glyphs (e.g. adblgrave) marked in dark grey as pending to be created using the components

Diacritics

  • Please ensure the definitive design is adjusted in the combining marks, so they will be ready to create the compound glyphs.
  • Once the definitive design is ensured in the comb marks Legacy marks, delete the legacy marks and add them back so they are made using the comb marks as components.
  • Diacritics need to be balanced (in weight, size, contrast) and match the style of the typeface design.
  • Adjust the vertical position using glyphs app locked guidelines.
  • Ensure related marks are consistent between them, e.g. caron and circumflex
  • Caron.alt need to have the alternate shape used in Ľ Slovak On page 30 of this document you can find detailed info around the vertical Caron.
  • Leave a 0 sidebearings value for the marks

Glyphs

  • The ampersand and Eng need to be consistent (in size and style) with the font. See RUSerius as reference
  • The German Double SS need to be fixed. This article is a good reference
  • Currency symbols are related to the overall design and have balanced proportions
  • ordfeminine and ordmasculine as well as superior numbers are well proportioned and with a balanced stem thickness. Issue of reference
  • fractions and superior numerals have a good proportion + weight. Issue of reference

Spacing

  • Inspect the spacing and kerning of the font to ensure it is working properly and most common cases are covered. Issue of reference
  • Terminal forms spacing should avoid crashes or collisions. Issue of reference
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Hi @RobLeuschke, I'm creating the Design Issue just to confirm everything was covered in the file.

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RobLeuschke commented Nov 23, 2021 •
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This font is ready!

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crystaltype commented Nov 29, 2021 •
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@RobLeuschke Hi Rob, do you mind helping me with re-creating the outline effect of this font in glyphsapp?
I need to create the Vietnamese marks and would love to re-create the outline effect to match with the rest of the glyphs.
Thanks a lot!

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vv-monsalve commented Nov 30, 2021 •
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Hi @RobLeuschke, would you mind sharing with us the way to recreate the outline effect Alumni Collegiate is using? Are you using by any chance any particular script?
The other option would be for you to add the outline to the new marks created by Nhung. Please let us know how would you like to proceed with this so that we can go ahead with this project.

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crystaltype commented Dec 3, 2021 •
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I found some problems regarding the outlines of the font. I've fixed what I found but there might be more.
Screen Shot 2021-12-03 at 15 02 22
Screen Shot 2021-12-03 at 11 02 55

There is a major problem with the alignment in lowercases glyphs (overshoots, glyph's height):

Screen Shot 2021-12-03 at 09 07 50

(Please wait for Viviana's sign before fixing, thanks!)

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@RobLeuschke @vv-monsalve I found some problems regarding the outlines of the font. I've fixed what I found but there might be more. Screen Shot 2021-12-03 at 15 02 22 Screen Shot 2021-12-03 at 11 02 55

There is a major problem with the alignment in lowercases glyphs (overshoots, glyph's height):

Screen Shot 2021-12-03 at 09 07 50

(Please wait for Viviana's sign before fixing, thanks!)

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Hi @RobLeuschke, please wait until I update the source file in DropBox to make the changes. Also, please don't close the issue until it has been solved.
Thanks

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vv-monsalve commented Dec 8, 2021 •
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Hi @RobLeuschke, in addition to what was reported by Nhung, please inspect and solve the following

I've updated the source file in DropBox

  • The new marks have been created for you to please create the outline effect on it and to some glyphs that needed to be merged to have the effect as a whole. E.g. oogonek uogonek

Screen Shot 2021-12-07 at 21 14 43

  • Glyphs should follow the x-line height and overshoot. Some of them are going above it.

Screen Shot 2021-12-07 at 18 53 24

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  • Inspect and solve outline quality issues, like outline effects not consistent in thickness, bumps and glyph orger

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Screen Shot 2021-12-07 at 18 24 55

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Hi @RobLeuschke, Please do not work on this project just yet. We are giving the diacritics another revision as they seem to be too heavy to receive the outline effect.

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vv-monsalve commented Feb 25, 2022 •
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Hi @RobLeuschke. We have completed the diacritics job on Alumni Collegiate and have been working on the outlines reported issues aiming to finish the font. However, we continue finding more outlines shapes + order issues.

I've updated the source files in DropBox just now. Please use those files to give the font an overall review. Corrections on the Roman file are more advanced than in the Italics.

Please bear in mind that the letters marked in yellow are the ones that can't be automatically made as composites, or the job on them would get lost.

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Hi @RobLeuschke,
How are you coming along with the changes? Do you have any estimated date for the latest source file with the above improvements?

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RobLeuschke commented Mar 11, 2022 via email

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I believe I have addressed all of the path corrections of the glyphs in yellow. All of the work in Alumni Collegiate that I addressed are now a light green. Please let me know if there is anything else I may need to attend to!

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Hi @RobLeuschke, thanks, the regular source is looking better now. However, the Italic file in Dropbox hasn't been updated. Would you please update the Italic source with the same fixes done for the Roman file?
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The Italic version has been updated. When comparing the two, I did find a few minor anomalies in the Regular version that I corrected.

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