New to Glyphs, loving it so far. Not sure how to frame my issue here.
Currently working in one Glyphs file that contains two masters (a Regular and a Bold of a unicase typeface I’m working on). I had finished the Regular version before creating a Bold. Being unicase, I repeated the uppercase and lowercase glyphs. I was able to copy the Regular kerning pairs over to the Bold version. In creating new Bold glyphs, I’m trying to create alternate glyphs accessible via a stylistic set in other type-rendering software.
For example, there’s a (normal uppercase/lowercase) Bold “P” glyph. I’m trying to create an alternate “P” glyph with extra curves and flourishes. This alternative Bold glyph is labeled “P.ss01”. When I toggle over to the Regular set of glyphs in Font view, this Bold “P.ss01” glyph also appears there. If I delete this glyph on the Regular side, it’s also deleted from the Bold set (which I don’t want to do).
Is it possible to retain this Bold alternate glyph but eliminate it from the Regular set of glyphs? It’s meant to be a special glyph in the Bold font only. Thank you!
Currently using version 3.1.1 (3148).
You cannot delete a glyph from a master and keep it on another. All glyphs belong to the .glyphs document, so when you add or delete a glyph, it is added or deleted from all masters of that document.
However, you can remove glyphs from only certain exported instances (font files) at export. Go to File → Font Info… → Exports. There, you should have a Regular and a Bold instance.
Add a Remove Glyphs custom parameter to the Regular instance and write a line for each glyph you want removed, like so:
Now, the P.ss01 glyph will not be included when exporting the Regular font file.
You can keep the P.ss01 glyph empty on the Regular layer, or draw an alternate P similar to the Bold style so that you can interpolate a Medium or Semibold style, if needed.
Also, you don’t need to duplicate the glyphs for uppercase and lowercase glyphs if they look the same. Have a look at the following tutorial:
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@FlorianPircher THANK YOU for this amazingly quick and detailed response. The custom parameter solution works perfectly (along with your other suggestions which I will keep in mind in case my evolving type project changes).
And yes, that’s the same useful link that I followed to create my unicase font family—excellent!
