"grid spacing" custom parameter applied to some glyphs only

Glyphs
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I suppose the answer is “no”, but I’d like to know if it would be somehow possible to apply “grid spacing=1” to some glyphs and “grid spacing=0” to the others while exporting and instance to .otf

for some reasons, I’d need to make nodes’ coordinates to be rounded (g.s.=1) on straight glyphs (H, N, A etc) and not to be rounded for spherical ones (O, P, S etc).

Thanks in advance

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You could use my LayerGeek plugin to apply rounding only to some glyphs. But perhaps I need to change something in the code for that… how urgent is it?

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Not so urgent :slight_smile: but I’m afraid you’ll need to explain me how to write the string for LayerGeek as it’s beyond my knowledge I think :slight_smile:

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Either:
roundCoordinates;include=A,H,N
Or:
roundCoordinates;exclude=O,P,S

… but I have not implemented the include/exclude part yet. But it is on my list. And… I’ll see if I can do it quickly :slight_smile:

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Ok thanks, but don’t worry I have so much to do I’ll really need it in some months, even if knowing it’s possible makes my workflow viable.

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Ah, sorry, it should be a colon instead of an equal sign! So it is:
roundCoordinates;include:A,H,N
roundCoordinates;exclude:O,P,S

Ah, that gives me enough time :)
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LayerGeek 1.0.2 is ready for download. If you use it as a custom parameter, you can now use exclude:a,b,c and include:a,b,c. It must be the last argument in the chain.

The readme is updated accordingly. Find all details there.

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Can this trick be applied to any custom parameter?
if I need to exempt certain glyphs would the exclude be enough or it always need to specify the list of glyphs affected by “include” for the custom parameter?

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All Filter parameters.

Sorry, the wording in my post above was not clear. You can either use exclude or include, never both at the same time.

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Does LayerGeek still work for Instance Custom Parameter filters in Glyphs 3.2(3192)? I’m trying to apply less bolding (offsetcurve) and/or scaling to accent marks in the bold instances.

Installed LG and relaunched. It’s in the Filter menu. But when I add “LayerGeek;” to the beginning of a custom parameter, it disables it.

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Upon further digging I discovered that “include” and “exclude” are built into G3.

However, if I type include: or exclude: into any parameter, it crashes as soon as I type the colon.

It does work if I copy/paste.

John