I'm working on developing an understanding of stylistic sets. I'd like to include them in the typeface I'm designing.
As I understand it, in Creative Cloud software, the user goes into the Opentype window, highlights a block of text and selects a stylistic set. That stylistic set then applies select alternate characters throughout that block of text. It doesn't sub in an entirely new character set but selects a handful of alternates substitutions.
I've searched for a tutorial on how to do this through the Fontforge interface with no luck. Is it possible to program a stylistic set through the Fontforge UI? I'm guessing it is a lookup containing a set of single substitutions? My understanding overall of lookups is somewhat weak and I haven't learned how to code the back end of my fonts. I'd probably need a walkthrough.
Any help is much appreciated!
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Or is it that I can't program the 'salt' feature and the 'ss00' features are parented to the 'salt' lookup?
Proxima Nova even has its stylistic sets named.
I hope if anyone googles "How to create stylistic sets in FontForge" they find this thread.
Here's how to do it:
Element > Font Info > GSUB > Add Lookup > Type: Single Substitution > Feature: manually type 'ss01' > OK > Add Subtable (Leave the default name) > OK > Select base glyphs and replacement glyphs.
This should then appear in your open type features in creative cloud software.
This concludes a dummy's journey into creating stylistic sets in FontForge.
Create a stylistic set, then do the following:
Element > Font Info > StyleSet Names (left menu) > Select Language > Select Feature Tag > Enter the name under the "Friendly Name" column.