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Add a note on bubble kern outlines

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Chris Simpson 2020-02-01 16:09:16 +11:00
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@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ It is crucial the width of the corresponding layers are the same (e.g. the 'Thin
Once defined/drawn for every glyph, BubbleKern is then run. I have prepared `Metropolis BubbleKern Pairs.txt` for this. **Any kern pairs must go in this file/BubbleKern must only be run using this file.** Once defined/drawn for every glyph, BubbleKern is then run. I have prepared `Metropolis BubbleKern Pairs.txt` for this. **Any kern pairs must go in this file/BubbleKern must only be run using this file.**
As a guide, I am using 56, 53 & 50 as offset values when drawing the kern bubbles for Thin, Regular & Black, respectively. As a rule, I try to honor the values already arrived at by HT Letterspacer.
## <a name="cursify"></a> Cursify ## <a name="cursify"></a> Cursify
I'm largely using Glyph's 'Cursify' tool to do the italics. This yeilds better results that simply slanting the glyph shapes from the regular/normal glyph, though from memory I was doing something tricky like slanting the vertical bars and cursifying everything else. I'm largely using Glyph's 'Cursify' tool to do the italics. This yeilds better results that simply slanting the glyph shapes from the regular/normal glyph, though from memory I was doing something tricky like slanting the vertical bars and cursifying everything else.