Exact nodes setting essential?

Glyphs
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Hi,

Basic question - is it neccessary to set every note on a exact y and x position? I work on a straight geometric font and often at angle lines nodes results in non exact coordinates like 135,55 px…

I know, I can round them with grid aligning, but when this points are part of a basic element (oblique bar), a usage of grid will destroy my basic system with a few fixed angles, which I want to abide by.

More simplier - should I look more on exact coordinates all over my glyps or should I give a basic system priority.

Hope you understand,
Best, Alex

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Can you post a screenshot?

Normally there is no visual effect to the small differences that occur when rounding. So unless you have very small structures, you are fine when rounding your coordinates.

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Hi, I guess in the end its not important, that the angles are that perfectly accurate. So in the process of fine tuning I will set all the points to exact x and y coordinates. A basic system is good, but in the process of fine tuning every glyph is different. I will trust on my optical feeling and and not on a perfect geometric dogma.

Best, Alex

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On the other hand if you are working with very small structures and have disabled the grid, would this affect the final result in any way?

5

If you set the grid to something below 1, the final OTF will get that finer resolution. But TTF only handles integer numbers.

6

Thank you, Georg. I didn’t know about that.