Glyphs Mini: Breaks OTF-font after importing

Glyphs
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Hi!
Unfortunately, there’s another bug: When I try to open an OTF font in Glyphs mini (Version 1.0.3 (21)), it breaks some characters. All I did to the font was adding a character. The O isn’t filled any more and (as I reported earlier in another topic), it still doesn’t export component glyphs. This is really a big show-stopper :frowning:
Please help me!!!

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Do you mean that the O counter is missing? If the counter is missing, then the path direction is wrong. Select your O and go to Layers > Correct Path Direction.

Can you send us the .glyphs file to support at this domain?

Please keep in mind that OTF is not a saving format, it is better to work with the original files. When you open a compiled font, Glyphs must guess a few things when reverse-engineering the compiled data. When you export a font, a new OTF is generated.

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Yes I understand that. All I tried to do here ist to alter the font (add one glyph). Strangely, Glyphs opened the OTF and then silently changed it into a .glyphs file while the original OTF was obviously gone. then I exported the altered OTF and InDesign showed me this:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1396325/fontwork/problem2/ID-comparison.png

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1396325/fontwork/problem2/ID-comparison.png
(you see what it did to the O and the other filled forms?)

Here’s the original Glyphs file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1396325/fontwork/problem2/Intro_edit.glyphs

I really appreciate your help! Thank you!

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Ah, and I just corrected the path direction. Sadly, it didn’t alter anything :frowning:

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  1. If you take a look at the O, you can see that the extremum points are missing. Select all glyphs and choose Layers > Add Extremes.

  2. How do you install the font? Are you using the Adobe fonts folder?

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Also, you may want to read this blogpost if you plan on working on existing fonts in the future:
http://glyphsapp.com/blog/importing-existing-fonts/

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YAY! The extremes did the trick (beginner’s fault, I assume).
Thank you very much for that!

But still, is there a way to fix the bug with Glyphs not exporting composites? It seems to be the exact same problem as I reported here:
http://glyphsapp.com/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=1&topic=1107

Thanks!!!

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I bet this is fixed in the upcoming Glyphs Mini update.

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Wohooow! So I’m looking forward to that update! :slight_smile:
Hope it’s coming soon!
Thanks a lot!