Best way to create ink traps in Glyphs app?

ValKalinic

I can't find an overview/tutorial on the subject, or any relevant plugins/scripts. Am I missing something? Are there dedicated separate applets for inktraps?

Jacques Le Bailly

I haven't seen any plugin that would make inktraps. You will have to do it by hand. A good start would be to copy the outline to the background. Select the corner you want to change and choose "open corner". This will give you two points from which you can start making your inktrap.

Ramiro Espinoza

Export to UFO and use Rounding UFO > http://roundingufo.typemytype.com/

Jacques Le Bailly

Oh, I didn't that one yet

ValKalinic

@Ramiro Espinoza
Thank you, I have now tried the app and it is exactly what this situation needs. (It would be nice if Glyphs.app included at least basic ink trap functionality in the future.)

Is there any comprehensive list of such specialized type tools, either on this site or elsewhere?

Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian

If you ever want/have to do it by hand, I recommend the Trapping Flower:
http://themicrofoundry.com/ss_trapping1.html
It was used in the production of FF Ernestine.

Ori Ben-Dor

Hrant H. Papazian said:

If you ever want/have to do it by hand, I recommend the Trapping Flower:
http://themicrofoundry.com/ss_trapping1.html
It was used in the production of FF Ernestine.

Don't integral coordinates make it frustrating to use this method? Doesn't it always not sit right?

Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian

If you mean the tip of the trap is rarely mathematically perfect, that's true, but –especially since it's flanked by curves, not lines– I for one don't get frustrated. Also if you wrote an algorithm for this it would always be as precise as possible.

Georg Seifert

Sorry, I saw this thread just now.
One can can use Corner components. I’ll post an example. 

Georg Seifert

Here is a file that shows how to use corner components as ink traps. If you have any question, please feel free to ask.

ValKalinic

Georg Seifert said:

Here is a file that shows how to use corner components as ink traps. If you have any question, please feel free to ask.

Thank you, I will try it out.