For Mid-June, Domen Fras (of Tipo Brda fame) is organising a workshop with Glyphs team member Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer in the beautiful Slovenian capital. If you are close by, don’t miss it.
Glyphs 2.0 Pro Workshop
- Who: Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
- Where: Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Ljubljana
- When: Thursday 18 and Friday 19 June, 9.30-17.30, with lunch and coffee breaks, for a more detailed breakdown, see below
- Optional Q&A/feedback session on Saturday morning
- Language: English
- Price: EUR 100 (students: EUR 50)
- Prerequisites: Bring your MacBook with OS X 10.9.5 or later
- Registration: Please contact Domen Fras directly
Thursday: What’s New in Glyphs 2.0
Controlling paths: curvature (fit curve, harmonizing curve segments), overlaps.
Reusing shapes: components, smart components, corner & cap components.
Diacritics: combining marks and dynamic mark attachment.
Controlling metrics: automatic alignment, linked sidebearings, kerning.
Interpolation: multiple master, brackets, braces.
Screen optimization: PS & TT hinting, automatic and manual.
Font formats: exporting CFF/OTF, TTF, webfonts.
Color fonts: working on multiple layers.
Friday: Code in Glyphs 2.0
Batch processing: filters, custom parameters.
OpenType features: automated and customized feature code.
Extend the app: scripts and plugins.
Scripting: writing a simple Python script.
Saturday morning: Q&A
Individual feedback: Bring your projects for discussion.
This part is optional. Sign up during the workshop.