Problems & Bugs

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  UNSOLVED RF4 glyphs order mixed (batch variable generated)
  • Léna LP  

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  Oh ok! Thank you very much!
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  UNSOLVED Mechanic 2 crashes RF4 on launch if I check for extension updates
  • ArrowType  

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  He Stephen, this is a know issue, Antonio Cavedoni is looking into this, he wrote part of the async url reader.
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  Repeated Error Using Scalefast
  • Graeme  

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  python 2 is not an option :) RF 3+ is build with python 3. The bug has to be solved in the repository... and you have to fix your interpolation error in your drawing anyhow :)
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  UNSOLVED Preferences Editor: "Error while parsing JSON"
  • ArrowType  

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  Shoot, so... actually, those backslashes single quotes get re-added each time I save, close, and reopen the JSON preferences. So, basically, each time I edit JSON prefs and save, I get this same error, and have to re-fix it. I guess I’ll change the single quote strings to use the glyph name /quotesingle instead of the Unicode.
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  UNSOLVED Test Install: Font only available for short time
  test install • • kfdesign  

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  @frederik I too have this issue of test installed fonts becoming unavailable after some time. The time they are available varies, sometimes they are gone quickly, other times they hold somewhat longer. Would you have any updates for that issue?
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  Open console or Terminate
  • julia  

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  A couple of things can go wrong... try to get a fresh download what is your OS? what is the traceback when you double click the file: RoboFont.app/Contents/MacOS/RoboFont after a right click on the app 'Show Package Contents'
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  Improvement to hold-command-to-maintain-handle-angle
  drawing handles • • ryan  

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  Hi there! Had a thought to potentially improve the experience of maintaining the handle angle while command is held down: Situation: I command-drag handles to maintain handle angle. Bug: Angle inconsistent, and once I bring it back past the on-curve, it locks to 0-degrees, not the desired angle. Suggestion: Can the angle maintenance be improved? It looks like it’s constantly recalculating the angle as it moves. This causes it to change over time due to rounding errors. Of course, rounding will make it never perfect, but maybe the angle could be stored once on commandDown + mouseDown, so it doesn’t jump around so much and will always relate to the original intended angle. Angle changes over time, even though I haven’t let go of command. TIA, Ryan
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  SOLVED Unable to connect two open contours with pen tool
  contours editing tools • • ryan  

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  @frederik Hate to bring up Ill*strator, but I actually think it handles this pretty well (no pun intended).
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  RoboFont 4 doesn’t seem to be checking the 'external_packages' directory
  • ArrowType  

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  FYI: the public beta released during the hackathon has ufonormalizer 0.6.1 https://robofont.com/events/robohackathon2021/#robofont-hackathon-public-beta
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  SOLVED RoboFont on macOS 11 Big Sur
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  Thank you Frederik!
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  Curve estimation upon point deletion is sometimes inaccurate and extreme
  contours points • • ryan  

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  Thanks for the background, and for giving it some thought! Will let you know if any ideas come to my mind as well.