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| author | Rasmus Andersson <rasmus@notion.se> | 2023-04-20 23:47:14 +0300 |
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| committer | Rasmus Andersson <rasmus@notion.se> | 2023-04-20 23:47:14 +0300 |
| commit | dd61fb169bbcf43d382ffbd03c7f6bfd9e97b18b (patch) | |
| tree | 9ad7731b13cb0ed144ccde0992e63db5248278d2 /CONTRIBUTING.md | |
| parent | 2c6c82317cfacc538173af819c75c7d40628afc9 (diff) | |
| download | inter-dd61fb169bbcf43d382ffbd03c7f6bfd9e97b18b.tar.xz | |
tooling: adds editable-ufos target to makefile for generating unprocessed UFOs
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index bca8a7d05..8e2f12a8e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -121,6 +121,22 @@ This font is stored and authored primarily in the [Glyphs](https://glyphsapp.com `Inter.glyphspackage` directory (a macOS "bundle.") +#### Editing UFO sources + +In some cases you might want to edit or inspect the fonts as UFOs. +Inter is compiled to UFO as an intermediary step. + +The quickest path to UFOs is to run `make -j$(nproc) build/ufo/Inter-DisplayMedium.ufo`. Substitute "Inter-DisplayMedium.ufo" for any style. + +The quickest path to a designspace is to run `make -j$(nproc) build/ufo/Inter-Roman.designspace` + +However, if you indend to edit the fonts you probably want to use the `editable-ufos` make target instead: + + make -j$(nproc) editable-ufos + +This generates all designspaces and UFOs, suitable for editing, in `build/ufo-editable/`. The main difference between `editable-ufos` and the intermediary UFOs in `build/ufo/` is that the "editable" ones does not have any processing applied to them: all components, anchors and paths are represented as-is in the original Glyphs source. + + ### Interactive Lab This project comes with a simple web-based application for debugging and previewing the font. It's a very useful tool to have when working on the font. |