Copy lowercase to uppercase

radicalartworks · July 22, 2017, 3:19pm

Hi im trying to create a font where upper and lowercase both have the same characters, i got the lowercase all in place with the kerning etc but is there anyway i can assign these characters including the kerning to the uppercase without having to copy and paste every character by hand?

thanks in advance

mekkablue · July 22, 2017, 5:28pm

Glyph > Add Glyphs… and type this recipe:

a=A
adieresis=Adieresis
aacute=Aacute
b=B
c=C
cacute=Cacute

… and so on. Basically lowercasename=uppercasename. Glyphs will then create component copies. See the handbook for details, or the tutorial about recipes.

radicalartworks · July 22, 2017, 5:45pm

Thanks for the fast response!

I’m on glyphs mini 2.01, i only have Glyph > New Glyph but i cant type any recipes, not to worry though. I already fixed it, i just selected the uppercase characters and added the components from the lowercase. Now i’m having new troubles, i cant seem to find where to add ligatures. Can you help me?

Thanks in advance

mekkablue · July 22, 2017, 5:52pm

Ligatures are specified by their glyph name firstglyph_secondglyph. This is covered in the handbook.

radicalartworks · July 22, 2017, 5:54pm

thanks for the help!

SimonC · July 24, 2017, 1:54am

For next time, in Georg’s script repository there is a script to do this:

github.com

schriftgestalt/Glyphs-Scripts/blob/master/Make Unicase Font.py

#MenuTitle: Make Unicase Font
# encoding: utf-8

Font = Glyphs.font
masterCount = len(Font.masters)
allGlyphs = list(Font.glyphs)
for upperGlyph in allGlyphs:
	if upperGlyph.category == "Letter" and upperGlyph.subCategory == "Uppercase":
		lowerName = upperGlyph.name.lower()
		print "Lower", lowerName
		lowerGlyph = Font.glyphs[lowerName]
		if not lowerGlyph:
			lowerGlyph = GSGlyph(lowerName)
			Font.glyphs.append(lowerGlyph)
		for master in Font.masters:
			layer = lowerGlyph.layers[master.id]
			layer.paths = []
			for k in layer.anchors.keys():
				del(layer.anchors[str(k)])
			layer.components = [GSComponent(upperGlyph.name)]

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GeorgSeifert · July 24, 2017, 5:01am

The new version of Glyphs Mini I uploaded yesterday (it is a cutting edge version still) will automatically double the uppercase if the the lowercase are missing.

alex.coven · April 3, 2019, 7:28pm

That seems to have worked! followed those instructions closely. Why did the fix it, was it a refresh issue?

GeorgSeifert · April 3, 2019, 8:07pm

Yes. The font caches are maddening at times.

nicolasdesle · February 11, 2022, 8:23am

I’m doing a customization of an existing font, and basically all lowercases should be replaced by uppercases. I will need to export it to all existing formats (OTF, WOFF etc) so I have no idea of an opentype script will do the job. Thank you.

mekkablue · February 11, 2022, 10:12am

I don’t know what an opentype script is, but i assume you want to create an all-caps font. There’s a tutorial about it:

nicolasdesle · February 11, 2022, 1:42pm

Thanks Mekkablue! (I thought certain code would only work in OTF files)

GeorgSeifert · February 11, 2022, 10:27pm

You mean in OTF in contrast to what? To WOFF or TTF? The WOFF is only a compression of the original OTF or TTF font. And the only difference between those two are the outline format. (There was a less capable TrueType format a lot of years ago. It is the basis to what we use today).