G4: Intermediates and Interim Master

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Previous Workflow in G3:
I have a Thin and a Black Master; if needed, I added an Intermediate in-between. normally I set a value to {140}, then re-interpolated and afterwards I changed the value of the Intermediate to {100} without re-interpolation. That way, I could get a thicker glyph that fitted to the greyscale. Depending on the letter, I sometimes used {136} or {138}, it was a try and error until it worked.

Now in G4; I have an Interim Master. I can activate the Master and re-interpolate at the given value of the Master. This works fine, but it gives me a glyph that is still too light.

So I tried to stay to my previous workflow. I keep the Interim Master deactivated and added an Intermediate Layer to copy it into the Interim Master later. Unfortunately, the Intermediate gives me just an empty layer, although the letter interpolates and exports correctly. This happens to all glyphs, all Intermediates give me an empty layer.

What am I doing wrong?

I could thicken the Intermim Master with RMX Tools, but it feels like extra work…

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Glyphs 4 has exactly the same intermediate layers as Glyphs 3. Nothing changed there? What do you mean by “Interim Master”?

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Interim Master = I can have a Master with only a few glyphs that needs adjustments.
(I think I have read this term somewhere…)

I will send you the file later; maybe there is something wrong in my file.

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But why did you do that? Brace layers are the better tool for the job.

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for Italify from @SCarewe

Brace Layers don’t get slanted by Italify, but a Master would do the slanting. For a Sans, I normally end up with 70 Brace Layers (or Intermediates).

I have sent a mail to forum-at…

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Then tell @SCarewe that he needs to implement slanting of brace layers.

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Italify processes brace layers, of course. But like any filter, it only works on given layers.

The issue here is convenience: you need to open the brace layer in the edit view in order to run a filter on it.

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This is simply a bad idea from a file management perspective, for many reasons. Not a filter issue.