Can't export font because of multiple errors

Glyphs
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I can’t export my font:

  • When the Remove Overlap option is selected, I get a Something went wrong with the Remove Overlap filter error.
  • When the Autohint option is selected, I get a There was a problem autohinting the glyph error.
  • When none are selected, I get a There was a problem converting the PostScript source font.

I’m new to font design, I don’t know what Remove Overlay nor Autohint does, and even without doing those, I can’t export my font. Please help.

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After researching the subject, I can say for sure that my font is too inconsistent to have hints, and I don’t have any overlap. So I can safely disable both options. But of course, I’m still getting this There was a problem converting the PostScript source font error. Isn’t there a way to find out more about the error?

3

Is this a typeface where the glyphs have lots of points?

4

The glyphs have about 100 points each, which doesn’t sound like a lot to me. Here is the glyph file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c5rtd5omqyn6hpu/Pierriere-Regular.glyphs?dl=0

5

I would try to add the Disable subroutines custom parameter in the font info panel.

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Once I did this, the font exports correctly. Can you explain why that resolved it? I’d like to understand.

7

I can export the file just fine without any problems, Disable subroutines or not.

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Maybe this was a bug that was fixed in the recent cutting edge versions. Here is how to get it: Go to Glyphs > Preferences > Updates, activate both checkboxes and press the Update button.

PostScript subroutines are explained in the Complex Outlines tutorial.

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It works in the latest stable version, too.

10

Weird. I’m on the latest stable (Version 2.6.1 (1230)), and it will not export without Disable subroutines. I don’t know if it’s related but I’m on macOS Catalina beta 2.

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That is the not supported. Remove Overlap and autohint can’t run on 10.15 and there tools are not tested yet. So I strongly advise not to you beta OSes for production work.

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Thanks for letting me know and sorry for wasting your time on this issue :slight_smile: