Best way to create ink traps in Glyphs app?
ValKalinic
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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.1
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Oh, I didn't that one yet
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@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?0 -
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.1 -
Don't integral coordinates make it frustrating to use this method? Doesn't it always not sit right?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.0 -
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.0
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Sorry, I saw this thread just now.
One can can use Corner components. I’ll post an example.1 -
Here is a file that shows how to use corner components as ink traps. If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
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Thank you, I will try it out.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.0
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