This is why Glyphs supports it out of the box. UFO gives you access to a variety of other tools. While you can produce a font or font family in Glyphs alone, the UFO format makes the exchange with other tools possible. While the specs for version 3 have been released, UFO 2 is currently in most widespread use. It was developed by type designers and developers Tal Leming, Just van Rossum, and Erik van Blokland. The Unified Font Object is an XML-based file format for storing font data. Look how well the middle bar behaves, while the outer masters remain the same:
Now you have an extra master, just for this glyph, and the e interpolates much better. The name structure is as follows: optionalDescription : You do that by opening the Palette sidebar ( Window > Palette, Cmd-Opt-P), selecting your first master in the Layers palette, and clicking the Copy button.ĭouble click the name of the new layer, and type in a brace layer name. Similar to the Bracket Trick, we copy one of the master layers, and adjust the name.
In Glyphs 2 or later, you can employ something called the ‘Brace Trick’. But that can turn out to be complicated, as we may have to add (and redraw) many masters per glyph. Sure, you could sort of fake it with the Bracket Trick, or an alternative glyph that kicks in in some instances only.
Well, except that sometimes you need an extra step in between. For interpolation, two-master setups work surprisingly well.
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