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    • kfdesign

      UNSOLVED Test Install: Font only available for short time
      Problems & Bugs • test install • • kfdesign  

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      SH

      @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?
    • mathieu-christe

      SOLVED RF 1.8 Test Install hmtx error
      Problems & Bugs • font generation test install interpolation • • mathieu-christe  

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      mathieu-christe

      Thank you Frederik, your script help me find the culprits easily. After fixing those 3 glyphs in the master, the interpolated instances generate successfully. Solved!
    • JustJoeDesign

      SOLVED RF 1.8 Test Install Error on Catalina
      General Questions • font generation test install • • JustJoeDesign  

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      frankrolf

      @JustJoeDesign That said, it’s not impossible to use UFO2 files + makeotf on Catalina. install the AFDKO command line tools via pip https://pypi.org/project/afdko/ build your OTF file using makeotf -f my_font.ufo The only hard requirement is that the UFO has a PostScript name. (Font → Font Info → PostScript → FontName)
    • Colo-in-NYC

      SOLVED Test install error
      Problems & Bugs • font generation test install • • Colo-in-NYC  

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      Colo-in-NYC

      Rock star. My tcarons and tbars had picked up the wrong (duplicate) unicodes from bad Glyphbuilder code. Cheers for that.
    • connor

      UNSOLVED makeOTF and non-ascii characters
      General Questions • afdko test install ufo2fdk makeotf nonascii • • connor  

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      colinmford

      @connor I think i recall @benkiel had some relevant mastering experience with Vēlo... Any tips, Ben?
    • connor

      SOLVED Test Install Progress Bar
      General Questions • test install • • connor  

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      connor

      Thanks @frederik! Looking forward to it.
    • naorem

      SOLVED OpenType features not working
      General Questions • font generation opentype features test install • • naorem  

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      naorem

      @frederik I have mailed you a sample UFO file with the feature issue. Hope you have received it.
    • jo

      SOLVED testInstall error
      Problems & Bugs • rf3 afdko test install py3 • • jo  

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      jo

      great news, it would be nice to give the beta version a test, so yes please, thanks a lot!
    • mjarboe

      SOLVED Test Install
      Feature Requests • test install • • mjarboe  

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      gferreira

      that can be acomplished with a script: for f in AllFonts(): f.testInstall()
    • Guest

      SOLVED Problems with test install
      Problems & Bugs • font generation font info test install • • Guest  

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      frederik

      Could you send me the UFO file? If you wish I have a look at it There is a somewhere (I guess in the font info) a non ascii character, as Ben mentions
    • nina

      SOLVED Undo TestInstall?
      General Questions • test install • • nina  

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      nina

      Ah, nice! Thank you Frederik.
    • rbmntjs

      Test Install and Yosemite
      Problems & Bugs • afdko test install • • rbmntjs  

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      rbmntjs

      Since upgrading to OS X Yosemite, I’ve been struggling to, in any way, get my fonts to Test Install. I’ve had success once or twice, but now have been failing consistently for a week or two. The file is nowhere to be found, and no app is aware of the font’s existence. Now, I suspect that Yosemite has tightened up the font cache. Adobe apps are notoriously slow to learn of new fonts regardless, but as it stands now, Test Install simply does not work. Here’s the log, which is otherwise successful. -------------------- makeotf Report makeotf [Note] Converting source font '/font.otf' to temporary Unix Type1 font file '/font.otf.tmp'. makeotf [Note] setting the DONT_USE_WIN_LINE_METRICS OS/2 fsSelection bit 7 from fontinfo keyword. makeotf [Note] setting the WEIGHT_WIDTH_SLOPE_ONLY OS/2 fsSelection bit 8 from fontinfo keyword. makeotf [Note] setting the OBLIQUE OS/2 fsSelection bit 9 from fontinfo keyword. makeotf [Note] Writing options file /current.fpr makeotf [Note] Running makeotfexe with commands: cd "" makeotfexe -f font.otf.tmp -o tmpA2l3P_.otf -ff features -gf glyphOrder -mf menuname -ga makeotfexe [WARNING] <[REDACTED]> Major version number not in range 1 .. 255 [features 19] makeotfexe [NOTE] Wrote new font file 'tmpA2l3P_.otf'. Built development mode font 'tmpA2l3P_.otf'. --------------------
    • jo

      SOLVED Crash with testinstalled font
      General Questions • test install • • jo  

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      frederik

      what RoboFont does related to test install: each test install font path is added to a list in the prefs, on quit RF loops over this list and deinstalls all fonts. When RF crashes, it cannot deinstall those fonts. So the next launch detects those test installed fonts, a popup will appear and RF tries to deinstall them. RoboFont tries to inform users as much as possible on issues happening in the background. Silent fixes are not the best solutions for many cases...
    • daifoldes

      Trouble Generating Font/Test Install
      General Questions • font generation opentype features test install • • daifoldes  

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      frederik

      super!
    • traviskochel

      Can't test install or generate
      Problems & Bugs • font generation test install • • traviskochel  

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      andrea

      No, I don't have any features written. Until yesterday test installing worked completly fine. Now, I just amended the design of a letter and test installing doesn't work anymore. I have as well tried to test install previous versions of the font (that I have been installed sucessfully), but it wouldn't test install them anymore. Thanks a lot for your help!
    • jbl

      Space center: linespace
      Feature Requests • space center test install • • jbl  

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      frederik

      negative linespacing? the SpaceCenter only gives some basic layout options if you want to test your font with more depth I would recommend to try test install and setup a template in text setting app. In the waterfall mode only the first line is editable :)
    • jbl

      Generate options: decompose, autohint, remove overlap
      Feature Requests • font generation preferences test install • • jbl  

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      jbl

      Thank you! btw, I'm not getting forum reply posts per email :(