Is there a chance to add a background to all glyphs for a specific width (100%) and height (any pt)? I am trying to have a negative version of a font and that would be very helpful. Thanks for your support!
There is a plug-in that does that. Take a look in Window > Plugin Manager and look for Inverter.
I did that for my contribution to the Beirut typeface. It was a very complicated background, though.
Thanks for all your support on this and so many other topics! I appreciate it!
Hi All,
I have a question that is related to this thread.
Is there a way to kern these negative inverted letters in a way that the black backdrop wouldn’t interfere with white letter shapes?
I don’t think this is possible.
You will probably have to do your kerning like in the old days, and make alternates just for your kerning:
Or make your kerning pairs into ligatures.
Thats what I was afraid of. Still trying to come up with some better way, since the font has thousands of pairs and combinations.
Quite honestly, this is definitely possible with a script. I would do the kerning normally, and then write a script to solve this issue.
Two approaches, based on the kerning you will have done:
- Generate ligatures from combinations (easier to script, file just becomes bulky very quickly)
- Make alternates, adjust shapes accordingly (very complex)
Bear in mind that you need to generate the respective OpenType features accordingly.
Positive kerning also needs to be taken into account.
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