I’ve just designed my very first font with Glyphs and it just works great but I couldn’t figure out how I do kerning pairs although I read many posts and even watched tutorials.
Here is what I do:
I open my font and double click a letter.
I choose Text tool and write my pair (Ex. Ta)
I refine the kerning by simply moving the second letter closer to the first letter.
Then I realize that it doesn’t only apply to the specific pair (Ta), but applies to the second letter (a) universally. So when I try a different pairing with the second letter (like Pa, Ca, Ma, etc.), it looks bad.
Would you please help me on how I can set the kerning only for a specific pair (Ex. Ta)?
You are doing it wrong; you should not move either letter. Try the following instead:
Type the Ta, then place your cursor between the pair;
In the gray panel at the bottom of your screen, on the left side where it reads “Kern”, type the kern value you desire, i.e. -25 or whatever looks best;
Doing so will set kerning for that pair only.
It can get more complicated than that when you get into groups, but for simple pairs it will work. Do more reading in the handbook and the tutorials.
It sounds to me that you’re changing the number which shows to the left of the character. That is not the kern value; that is your left sidebearing value.
Put your cursor over the word “Kern” and click once which will open up a box. That is where you type in the kern value. Be sure and correct the /a position first though.