Kerning

Glyphs
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Hello,

I’ve looked through the manual and I understand how to set glyph-specific kerning, and kerning groups, so the kerning looks fine when I type something up within Glyphs. When I export the font and install it in Font Book, though (I’m running the latest version of Lion), the kerning only works when I use the font within InDesign; in any other program, like Word or Pages, it doesn’t work at all. Does anyone know why this would be?

Thanks!

2

The System is very easily confused if you install a new version of the same font.
Can you try to use another font name or clean the font caches and restart.

3

Thank you for taking the time to respond. Unfortunately, I’ve tried both your suggestions, but the glyph-specific kerning still only works in InDesign.

4

Can you send me the .glyphs file and the .otf. Then I have a look.

5

Now we now have a bigger problem: since the update released today, Glyphs crashes whenever I try to open my font (Ancillary.glyphs). I’ve just sent you the problem report, with my email address displayed. So I can send you the .glyphs file as I have it and the .otf file as I last exported it, but they aren’t exactly the same. (I’m still working on the font, of course, and it’s very much a work in progress; this is my first one, and I’m just sort of figuring typography out as I go along.)

6

What version (Glyphs and MacOSX) do you have now?

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I have Glyphs 1.2.4 and Mac OS X 10.7.3 (Lion). When I open Glyphs and choose “check for updates,” it tells me that it is up to date.

8

Please try again. I fixed the update server.

9

Thank you, now Glyphs updated and no longer crashes.

I’m still left with the original problem, though: do you know how I could get kerning to work in programs besides InDesign? Like I said, I’ve already tried uninstalling the font, clearing the font cache, and reinstalling it, but that didn’t do the trick.

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This seems to be a issue with Snow Leopard. The font you send me works fine in Lion.

To fix this, you need to add at least one OpenType feature. Add a f_i ligature and regenerate the features.

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Like I said, I have Lion. Anyway, I’ve added an f_i ligature, deleted the font, cleared the cache, reinstalled the font, and kerning still only works in InDesign.

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Did you actually generate the feature in Font Info > Features. Click the small circle arrow button in the lower left.