Yanone Speed Punk

Ralf H

In case you haven't seen it yet:

“Speed Punk is a tool for modern font editors such as Glyphs and RoboFont that will illustrate the amount of curvature of glyph outlines.”

http://www.yanone.de/typedesign/code/speedpunk/
Available via email at post at yanone dot de

Karl Stange

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Marc Oxborrow

I sent a message to the developer, but can anyone summarize for a newbie how this tool might be used during the design process? Is it a way to analyze/compare the smoothness of curves?

Marc Oxborrow

Speedy response! Here's a preliminary explanation from Yanone: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5752966/SpeedPunk.txt

Mark Simonson

More info in this video from Robothon 2012:

Jackson J Showalter Cavanaugh

Is it a way to analyze/compare the smoothness of curves?

Yes.

If you ever have to make a case for redesign, I've found speed punk a helpful tool in explaining drawing quality to non-designery people. It's makes quick and easy infographics so you show clients why their old art sucks and your new art rules.

yanone

Hi everyone,
I enjoy selling software without an online shop :)
Indeed I'll sell you Speed Punk by email, if you send $30 or 20€ to post at yanone dot de on PayPal.
You'll receive the plugin for both Glyphs and RoboFont as well as voucher codes for my future online shop so you can register later to receive updates. At this point there are none, though.

against nepotism

Just received it from Jan and it works great. Can recommend it, and 20 € are a good investition.

AndreSimardFont

@Yanone: Do you plan to release this tool for Fontlab?

yanone

Why does this question keep on coming up? :)
Sorry.
No, until FontLab magically matures from prehistoric to contemporary, there's no way Speed Punk will be ported. This is no side blow. It's simply technically not possible to subset one of the tools to draw these illustrations live.

James Montalbano

I must be missing something. Tell me why I need this?

James Montalbano

Thank you all for clearing this up for me.

Mark Simonson

Well, you don't strictly need it. It's just an analysis tool that amplifies and illuminates what is happening in your curves, particularly continuity at the junction of curve segments, making it easier to see where adjustments may be needed. It's a way of seeing if your curves are really as smooth as you think they are. Could save time--less squinting.

James Montalbano

I like squinting.

twardoch

Yanone,

> until FontLab magically matures from prehistoric to contemporary, there's no way Speed Punk will be ported

Right! No magic involved, just hard work (3 developers working on it since 2010). It's coming! :)

Best,
Adam Twardoch
Fontlab Ltd.

James Montalbano

Thank you Adam.