Opening old files with 2.6

Glyphs
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I just updated to the latest macosx, catalina (huge mistake, i know).
I couldn’t export anymore from the old software (no file was created).

So i had to update glyphsapp.

I did.

Now, everytime I open an old file, automatic alignments are all messed up.
Also, btw, it’s much slower than before.
I am working with a complex font, full of aligned components, and this thing is messing up my whole font. How to solve it? Is there a way to convert 2.4 files to 2.6 linearly, without changing alignments?
Thanks

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Read precisely what is written in the dialog. If you want to keep all components unaligned, check all and keep selected.

3

Dear mekkablue,

I read carefully, and tried both opening “with all checked”, and “with all unchecked”, but my file is being messed up anyway.

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Here are some screens describing the disaster:
https://imgur.com/a/6nY2AJ9
Preview of the file in 2.4
Screen with error message, opening with 2.6.~
Result with all unchecked
Result with all checked

What can I do? My files are too complex and important to redraw from scratch or try to fix manually.

5

Can you send me the .glyphs file?

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Hi @GeorgSeifert
here you go: https://we.tl/t-ZYVAoKUEn4
(“sorry new users can’t upload files”)
Thank you!
It’s really a remarkable problem on this kind of component-based font.
Let me know.

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Thanks for the file. I could fix this.
You really need to clean up your font. 550 extra layers in the “stamp” glyph alone.

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Thank you @GeorgSeifert
Ok I didn’t know layers were a problem, I was using them as work-in-progress tools.
Although, I deleted all non-master layers from every glyph, and the problem appears identical?
Thank you

PS I believe it’s a problem of the interpretation of X, Y, -X, -Y and mirrored axis for the instances of components.
My subcomponents are 1 single component reflected three times on itself and that’s the part that gets lost.

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The extra layers are not a problem. Just a bit too much to be useful.

I have fixed the problem in Glyphs.
For now, here is a fixed file: JA RS 2100 Alfa GS.glyphs.zip (187.5 KB)

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thank you @GeorgSeifert, it works!

Do you maybe have suggestions for how to fix it next time? I have 20 other files like that.

As for the layers, that was a working files where we were “brainstorming” multiple solutions on this Alfa file, and we needed that, as we have 20 final versions, that became 20 different files. I normally use layers to sketch, etc. Would you suggest another method?

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The next update will fix this. It will be out in the next couple days.