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RoboFont 3. Users who wish to upgrade to Mojave can do so without being worried about compatibility problems. Mojave's new Dark Mode, however, is not yet supported by default due to performance issues — but it can be turned on with a script. We hope to improve support for Dark Mode in the next release. Work on the Extensions infrastructure continues with improved validation of extension bundles, handling of dependencies between extensions, a new icon for.

Leap 3 8 3 — comprehensive file management application software. The Glyph Editor is faster and includes many small improvements related to layers, such as a new dialog to copy glyphs between layers, and better handling of template glyphs, metrics, unicode, anchors and images across layers. Some changes are worth mentioning: the ufoLib module used to read and write UFO files has been moved to fontTools. RoboFont can now read and write single-file UFOs in the. This flavor of the UFO format is useful if you work with file sharing tools like DropBox, which don't play very well with UFO packages containing lots of files.

The RoboFont homepage has a new icons menu for quick access to the main parts of the documentation:. Starting points for your project Scan If you don't have a scan of your own drawings handy please feel free to use these they were the first sketches for my typeface Arouet. In the Finder hold down the option-key alt while selecting from the menu bar the Go menu. If you want to give it a try by yourself here are two reference pages on the Adobe website: Microsoft OT feature registry , a list of all available feature tags Adobe OT feature syntax , these are the rules for writing OpenType features Tal Lemming's OpenType Feature Cookbook , a didactic tool for approaching Feature code.

Interpolation calculator When you have a Bold and a Light master there are several ways to calculate in-between steps for say, Book, Medium and SemiBold styles. Third party applications Robofont likes company These programs are designed to work particularly well in concert with Robofont. They are specialized on discreet tasks for a truly pro-level workflow: MetricsMachine , specialized on professional kerning Prepolator , the tedious task of preparing multiple source files and rendering them compatible for interpolation becomes easy Superpolator , for inter- or extrapolating font styles instances between multiple font masters along multiple interpolation axes UFOstretch , from compatible masters create user defined sets of characters with intricate, compounded manipulations scale, skew, space, shift, interpolate… and all of this with independent x and y axes Utilities For font testing I recommend to just completely abandon all aspirations to use any font management software such as FontExplorer, Suitcase or even Apple's own FontBook and just use Robofont's TestInstall feature.

Make the system's Fonts folder the location where you place fonts that you want to install permanently. Educational licenses Teachers can request a free 1-year trial license for their students, or subscribe to the Student License Service.

Open-source extensions Dozens of open-source extensions by multiple developers are available on GitHub and via Mechanic. Commercial extensions A growing collection of commercial extensions by certified developers are available in the Extension Store. Thanks to this feature, developers can now use Mechanic 2 to deliver updates of custom extensions to their clients. Mechanic 2 is now live and replaces Mechanic as the official extension manager for RoboFont.

The future is bright for developers and users of RoboFont 3. Huge thanks to Jack Jennings for creating Mechanic, and for making Mechanic 2 possible!!