So I want to create an inline font and provide 3 OTFs in the end:
the regular “solid” font.
just the “highlight” elements, which can be put on top of the solid font
A combination of 1 and 2 resulting in a regular inline font.
I understand from the layers tutorial that I can easily create 1 and 2 as masters and keep everything in sync. Great!
But what is the recommended process to create the merged version?
Cool plugin. I do not get it to work in Glyphs 3 though.
Every time I start up Glyphs it gives me the error: The last time Glyphs was started, the plugin: MergeLayer.glyphsPlugin has crashed
Remove the plugin or reinstall the plugin and make sure all modules are installed and up to date.
There is no highlight on the Merge instance in the MergeLayer.glyphs sample file.
I am still very much looking forward to this plugin to start working in Glyphs 3.
I actually have several types that are waiting for this plugin. It would save me tonnes of work of copy-and-paste or merging the fonts in other ways. I would love to see it updated!
I had a look at the plugin. Fixing it was easy. But the API inside Glyphs has changed so that it doesn’t fit any more. I’ll see if I can find something.
Does this mean that I could use the plugin by opening Glyphs in a different API?
(I don’t know anything about programming or Macs, but I remember something about cmd+i in the Applications folder.)
How would I access the updated version of the plugin?
I found a solution. I found a bug on the way so the solution will only work in the next update. I needed to change the MergeLayers plugin and the way the plugin is set up. You need to add a custom parameter like this: