In TT Hinting mode, can I snap a point that is outside a zone to this zone? The Snap Point (A) instruction with a named zone is intended for keeping gaps alive, not for snapping to a zone, right? However, is it still possible to snap a point to a zone although the point is slightly outside the zone, without changing the zone or using deltas or using an additional TTFZone or using TTFBlueFuzz? Just for one single point?
Can you show me where you need that?
The bar of my f and t are often lower than the x-height, also in some greek letters this happens. The numbers are sometimes slightly lower than the caps height. Probably there are more cases.
The only way I can think of is with an extra x-height. I’ll think about it.
Yes, that would be the workaround: Add another TTFZone and align it to the x-height. It’s just a bit odd to create an extra zone for 1 or 2 glyphs and to repeat that for several cases. Also, sometimes for one master the glyph is outside the zone and for another inside the original zone. So it would be great to have this function to link a snap point to a zone, similar to choose the named zones.
Agreed. I literally changed the design of my f and t this week, because of the problem Ludwig describes.
Glyphs is trying to put two functionalities into one here, at the cost of making certain things impossible, and leading to unexpected behaviour if you haven’t read the documentation thoroughly. (Plus, the behaviour changed recently, which is also unacceptable.)
Why not introduce a separate type of instruction for a separate goal? Those who do manual TT hinting certainly aren’t afraid of complexity. It’s more important to have all the control you want.
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Any news here?
I have used a single point on a zone and link from there for this purpose, in vtt, very long ago. Have not tried in Glyphs.
To clarify: What do you mean by snap to zone. Should the point move onto the zone or just alway keep the same distance?
Can have various purposes, round destination in relation to zone, or round distance down, or round distance with minimum of 1 px.
I’m looking for a way to move a point onto the zone (which is outside the zone).