#Fontforge ligatures how to

You can turn off/on the ligature substitution by (de)selecting the 'liga' option (via Ctrl+Left-Click). You'll see the ligature glyph names appear in the metrics table below the preview frame instead of the base glyph names. 3) As you type in the base glyph characters, with 'liga' selected on the left, FontForge will automatically substitute the ligature glyph for the base glyphs where possible.

#Fontforge ligatures how to

2) Near the top is a text box where you can enter the actual glyph characters you have defined (hint: if you can't figure out how to put in the actual character in this field, you can manually enter it by name with the backslash prefix like '/m_p', since I named one of my ligature glyphs 'm_p'). Click on 'liga' if it's not already selected. 1) On the left are all the lookup tables that you've defined (here, I've only defined the 'liga' table). In the metrics window, you'll notice a few things. Now that the lookup is added to the font, let's test it out! Click on the 'Window' -> 'New Metrics Window' menu option. Sorry if I annoyed, looking for suggestionsĩ-liga-testing-in-metrics-window.png (25.78 KiB) Viewed 21095 times There is some documentation about ligatures and fontforge, but if anyone worked with it yet, would be easier to understand and get a good grasp on this topic.ĭoes anyone know this stuff and wishes to help? My goal now is to write a much better version using ligatures and overcome the limited number symbols available with simple keystrokes (don't want get mad with ALT- symbols, or crtl-shift-alt-key, etc.) the possible glypsh are thus limited, due to the number of letters on a keyboard and to the different key. The font simply substitutes the letters available on a regular keyboard with the symbols needed to write the diagrams, hopefully in a logic and ergonomic way. I started writing it mainly for myself, and I'm glad it's been helpful for some other people too, although far from perfect. uitar.htmlĪnd I set up a facebook support page here. I just wrote a font to write guitar fretboard diagrams in a regular text editor, with frets number, note names and various symbols (dots, squares, triangles, etc.). I just stumbled by chance in this forum while looking for hints about Font Forge, so if you don't mind, I post my problem hoping someone can help (or redirect me to someone thn can).