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
- How much?
EUR 100 (students: EUR 50)
- For whom?
- Prerequisites
Bring your MacBook with OS X 10.9.5 or later
- Links
Thursday: What’s New in Glyphs 2.0
- Who?
- Where?
- How much?
- For whom?
- Prerequisites
- Links
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
- Who?
- Where?
- How much?
- For whom?
- Prerequisites
- Links
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
- Who?
- Where?
- How much?
- For whom?
- Prerequisites
- Links
Individual feedback: Bring your projects for discussion.
This part is optional. Sign up during the workshop.