Hello,
I’ve sifted through all the MakeOTF posts on this forum, read through that error section of the Glyphs 2 handbook, and read the post “Troubleshooting a Font That Does Not Export.” However, I’m still stuck at this point.
I working on modifying a version of League Gothic, and SIL Open Source typeface. I was following your tutorial “Features, Part 3: Advanced Contextual Alternates.” That functionality looks awesome! Unfortunately, I get blocked at the very first bit, when I attempt to create a “DEFAULT” class.
The error I’m receiving is:
MakeOTF error.
Error: "syntax error at "A" [features.fea 36" in Class DEFAULT in line: 1
From what I’ve read, this tends to be due to an improperly-named glyph, where there is a space in the glyph name or some other illegal syntax. I’ve checked for this in both the Glyphs interface and in a text editor, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.
glyphs = (
{
glyphname = A;
lastChange = "2016-02-14 19:13:12 +0000";
layers = (
{
I receive the same error when I try to export, if I leave the feature there. However, if I remove that feature class, export works.
Oddly, when I follow the instructions of your “troubleshooting” post and open the generateFont.command file, I see no error indicated:
Last login: Mon Feb 15 10:39:05 on ttys003
Stephen-Nixon:~ stephennixon$ /Users/stephennixon/Library/Application\ Support/Glyphs/Temp/League\ Gothic-temp/generateFont.command ; exit;
makeotfGlyphs [NOTE] Wrote new font file '../LeagueGothic-temp.otf'.
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.
[Process completed]
I’m not quite sure what to try next. Could it be due to my attempts at modifying an existing typeface? Is it just a bug in the current version of Glyphs? Am I doing something wrong but not seeing it?
Thanks so much for any help!
Stephen
