OTF files replaced by defaut font in InDesign (vertical metrics issues?)

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Dear Glyphs community :slight_smile:

I am reaching out to seek a bit of help regarding an issue I am currently experiencing with exporting OTF with a Glyphs3 file. Despite my efforts, I have been unable to resolve the problem and have not found any solutions online. I may have overlooked some resources, but I think I cannot proceed without your assistance.

To describe my issue: Whenever I export OTFs from Glyphs 3, the font is replaced by a default font in InDesign. For context, this is a relatively old file that I originally started in Glyphs 2. I am not sure if this could be relevant.

The OTFs generated in this manner do work when opened in a font tester in a web browser. There is a possible lead I am exploring related to ascender and capital heights in Font Info/Masters/Metrics, but I have not been able to resolve it.

In the image below, you can find:
–The values in my working file (native, Gylphs3)
–The values when I “save as” my Glyphs file as a Glyphs2 file (for all masters)
–The Values when I open an OTF generated by Glyphs 3 in Glyphs 3
–My current features (in the native Glyphs 3 file). There may be something wrong with it?:

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After a quick exchange with Igino Marini (iKern) about spacing, he told me that: “I had to find why they crashed fontmake and found the ‘CapHeight’ values (in wontinfo.plist) were or ‘-1’ or ‘9.223372036854776+18’. Both wrong but the second was probably out of range!” I’m pretty sure he gives me the solution here, but I don’t know how to fix this properly.

If I correct the Cap Height value in Glyphs 2, I can export, and the font functions correctly across all platforms. While I can continue to use this workaround, I would like the file to be as clean as possible (and learn what I’ve done wrong).

I exchanged emails with Rainer, whom I thank, who kindly advised me to update Glyphs (The last cutting edge version) and ensure that my Glyphs 3 file was set to version 3 in “Other”, which unfortunately did not resolve my issue. While I was searching, I also often restart my computer to be sure it wasn’t an InDesign cash issue.

I apologise if the solution is straightforward and I have overlooked it, and I hope you can assist me. Thanks in advance, and Cheers from Switzerland!

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Why do you not have a cap height set in your file? If you set a cap height in your file (in Glyphs 3), does it work?

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I don’t have set a Cap Height because it is the same height as the ascenders. Is it necessary to specify it? In any case, when I add it, I get this error message when I export (I just retested): There are overlapping zones

Oh, and I realize that I posted the wrong screenshot earlier: the undefined value is indeed my baseline:

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Thanks for your help :slight_smile:

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Add the cap height with the same values as the ascender.

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I was finally able to add my CAPS height without the error message I mentioned earlier. Everything exports, but the font is still replaced by a default font in InDesign (even after restarting the computer).

On a positive note, when I open the updated native file in Glyphs2, the CAPS height value is correct, as it is in the exported OTFs (opened in Glyphs3). :slight_smile:

But my main issue still remains…

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Can you drop your font file onto fontbakery.com? Check for issues relating to the name table. What are your export settings?

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Are you using the Adobe Fonts folder?