Path order problem

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I am having a hard time fixing the order of the paths here and tried everything on the tutorial article and many of the recommended solution on the forum but still wouldn’t solve it

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I know there is not a manual way to order the paths but what do you advise to do in this situation?

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Seems not like a path order problem (i.e. whether left or right accent is considered first), but rather mismatched first nodes. Right-click on the bottom right corner of each of your quadrilaterals in this master and select Make Node First.

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Thank you so much
that totally fixed it

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Glad it worked. When trying to fix paths, Glyphs chooses the bottom-most point. If there are two at the same height, it chooses the one to the left. Occasionally, as here, that guesswork messes up interpolation.

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@eliason I have a similar issue with another font but i tried your advice on it but it didn’t work this time

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I would be very grateful if you can help me with understanding this issue as well

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Hi Gaber, send me the file with and perhaps I can help you.
May be a single glyph.
Cheers, Edu

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You may need to sort it out with Filter > Fix Compatibility.

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@mekkablue
I did fix the compatibility using the filter but it still wouldnt export says the glyph has compatibility issue

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I shared a copy with @etunni and he sent me a screenshot of the glyph working fine on this version of Glyphs but on mine it wouldnt export
I’m running Version 2.6.5 (1330)

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Might be a good idea to update to [1338]; it may fix the issue.

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Are you exporting as TTF?

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I’m trying to export variable font to test

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Very shallow inflections may be hard to convert to TT curves.

Also check for anchor compatibility. And add an Enforce Compatibility Check parameter in Font Info > Font. Does Glyphs show the glyph as incompatible?

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I already added the enforce compatibility check parameter and all anchors are compatible yet it wouldnt export the glyph and gives the incompatibility red flag

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Can you send me the file?

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I just sent it

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In the file you sent, the outlines are simply not compatible (different node count). Do you know this: https://glyphsapp.com/tutorials/multiple-masters-part-2-keeping-your-outlines-compatible

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@mekkablue I do and i went through it multiple times and didnt notice any difference in node count
will recheck on that again now

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The outlines are marked in red if they are not compatible. That is the clue for further investigation: must be either node count, node type (on-curve vs. off-curve), or start point position.

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@mekkablue I am pretty sure it’s not node count as I did the counting over and over again and tried to fix the start point position also with no luck with getting it fixed
but i will re do the troubleshooting over again and try to figure it out

the odd observation is that the font file showed no compatibility issues on @etunni when he checked the source file!