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Glyphs

Glyphs

       Mac OS

The font editor for everyone.
Glyphs’ smart and simple approach helps you draw new fonts, modify existing fonts, and sculpt your letterforms hassle-free.
Main Features:
Edit text in context of words
Only necessary interface elements
Good integration in the operating system and connection to the design workflow
Plugin interface for extending the functionality
Scripting support.

What's new

- Changed: The key combination for the interpolate nudge function has changed. Now you always have to hit Ctrl+Opt. The Ctrl key alone disables the snapping.
- Several big performance improvements (im/export, select glyph panel...).
- Support for importing .ttc files.
- The grid can be subdivided now. (font info > Other settings)
- Cleand up the supported cutom paramters. Only supported values are suggesten in the pulldown
- Support for vertical layout. This is not finished yet and has some problems (e.g. cursor movements). Support for vertical kerning and metrics.
- Improved scrolling in Font view.
- Improve automatic anchor placement for italic fonts.
- Components can be locked now to prevent accidental repositioning (from context menu).
- Improved the handling of CJK fonts. Still a lot of work to do.
- Improve error erporting on otf export
- Reduced rounding errors in exported fonts.
- Updated the QuickLook plugin.
- Improved the importing of fonts. More metadata is read.
- import kerning classes from another .glyphs file.
- the "smallCapHeight" custom parameter (Master) will be used to generate alignment zones and as xHeight for small cap glyphs.
- update localisations

Full list of changes:
http://glyphsapp.com/updates/changelog.php


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Last changed:
Apr 23, 2013
Category:
Graphics & Design
Developer:
schriftgestaltung.de
Version:
1.3.19
Average Rating:
4.50 (10)
Size:
8.3 MB
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