Circled numerals feature

Glyphs
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So, from my old FL files, I have:
zero.closecirc_init
zero.closecirc_medi
zero.closecirc_fina

plus

zero.opencirc_init
zero.opencirc_medi
zero.opencirc_fina

dlig:
(1) becomes number one in open circle
(12) becomes twelve in open circle
and
[1] become number one on black circle

  1. is naming right?
  2. will Glyphs recognize those features
    or I have to copy paste them from my old FL files?
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  1. Personally I would avoid the underscore, because I like to reserve it for ligatures (and thus avoid triggering an auto-generated feature). So, I’d go with something like .circleOpenInit, but in this case, I suppose it will not be a problem, unless you have a glyph called medi or init.

  2. In this case, there is no way Glyphs can guess what you want. So you will have to add the feature code manually, I am afraid. Raise your hand if you need help.

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  1. will rename it

  2. \o

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Assuming OT class @num contains your figures zero through nine, and @numCircleXXXX contains zero.xxx through nine.xxx, in its different forms, put this in your dlig:

sub parenleft @num parenright by @numCircleIsol; # (1) sub parenleft' @num' @num by @numCircleInit; # (1… sub [@numCircleInit @numCircleMedi] @num' by @numCircleMedi; #…1… sub @numCircleMedi parenright by @numCircleFina; # …1)

Edit: The code is wrong. see below for explanation.

I didn’t test it now, but it should work without putting it in different lookups, but perhaps the last line still needs to go between something like this: lookup CIRCLEFINA { … } CIRCLEFINA;

Do the same for bracketleft and bracketright, this time with the other numerals.

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Thnx, but it is slightly more complex, I’ll contact you directly.

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Hello,
I found this thread very useful as I am attempting something similar.
I want to create a feature with numerals inside a circle, 0—99 only.
Since I only need two digits, should I still be using the Init, Medi, Fina logic?
Any help is appreciated!

I’ve already got my classes set up as follows:

num (numerals, zero to nine)
numCircleIsol (zero.isol, ecc.)
numCircleInit (zero.circle, ecc.)
numCircleMedi (zero.medi, ecc.)
numCircleFina (zero.fina, ecc.)

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Since they can be either single or double digit, you will not need medi. But you will need init, fina and isol.

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Hi,
I tried this feature but it doesn’t work, I have an MakeOTF error saying “invalid ligature” on each line.
I attached a screenshot: I have 5 classes ( @num, @OpenCircleIsol , @OpenCircleInit, @OpenCircleMedi and @OpenCircleFina) of 10 digits each.
Did I missed something somewhere?
Cheers,
T

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  1. You cannot ligate a group with something else to another group. My code above was wrong. You will have to split up the group ligatures to lines for individual glyphs, or use contextual one-to-one subs for groups.
  2. Watch our for the contextual tick mark, should be ' and not the smart quote ’
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Hi Rainer,
Oh yes, the smart quotes!
Anyway, with dumb quotes I still can’t figure how to make it work. Will try again tomorrow and keep you posted.

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Ok, now it works with a lookup.
I prefered to keep the parenleft and parenright to activate the circled numerals, then replace it with zeroWidthNoBreakSpace.

sub parenleft @num' parenright by @Isolated;

sub parenleft @num' by @Initial;

lookup MEDIAL {

    sub @num by @Medial;

} MEDIAL;

sub @Medial' parenright by @Final;

sub parenleft by zeroWidthNoBreakSpace;

sub parenright by zeroWidthNoBreakSpace;
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Did you find any other solution that does not replace parenleft/parenright with zeroWidthNoBreakSpace?

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For example like this:

@figures = [one two three four five six seven eight nine zero]
@figuresINIT = [one.circled.init two.circled.init three.circled.init four.circled.init five.circled.init six.circled.init seven.circled.init eight.circled.init nine.circled.init zero.circled.init];
@figuresMEDI = [one.circled.medi two.circled.medi three.circled.medi four.circled.medi five.circled.medi six.circled.medi seven.circled.medi eight.circled.medi nine.circled.medi zero.circled.medi];

lookup init {
	sub parenleft' one' @figures by one.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' two' @figures by two.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' three' @figures by three.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' four' @figures by four.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' five' @figures by five.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' six' @figures by six.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' seven' @figures by seven.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' eight' @figures by eight.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' nine' @figures by nine.circled.init;
	sub parenleft' zero' @figures by zero.circled.init;
} init;

lookup medi1 {
	sub @figuresINIT @figures' by @figuresMEDI;
} medi1;

lookup medi2 {
	sub @figuresMEDI @figures' by @figuresMEDI;
} medi2;

lookup fina {
	sub one.circled.medi parenright by one.circled.fina;
	sub two.circled.medi parenright by two.circled.fina;
	sub three.circled.medi parenright by three.circled.fina;
	sub four.circled.medi parenright by four.circled.fina;
	sub five.circled.medi parenright by five.circled.fina;
	sub six.circled.medi parenright by six.circled.fina;
	sub seven.circled.medi parenright by seven.circled.fina;
	sub eight.circled.medi parenright by eight.circled.fina;
	sub nine.circled.medi parenright by nine.circled.fina;
	sub zero.circled.medi parenright by zero.circled.fina;
} fina;

You probably do not need to differentiate between medi1 and medi2, and can probably merge them into a single lookup.

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That’s amazing, thanks a lot!

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Everything is working perfectly with the .left and .right things, but there comes a thing that I cannot resolve: how to make the three digit circled numbers?
This is the code that I try to apply but it doesn’t work.

digitsproblem
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Help would be so much appreciated <:-))

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Have a look at this: Features, part 4: positional alternates | Glyphs