部分第二篇從illustrator導(dǎo)入glyphs

Importingfrom從Illustrator導(dǎo)入byRainerErich20December2012–Modifiedon24FebruaryWhenpeopleaskmehowtogettheirIllustratordrawingsintoGlyphs,myfirstreactionusuallyis,‘Don’t!’Illustrator’sdrawingtoolsmaybesufficientfortheaverageillustration,butinfonts,weusuallyneedbettercurvequalitythanIllustratorcanprovide.AndthetoolsinGlyphsdohelpyouachieveahigheroutlinequality,especiallywhenitcomestocurvedsegments.Icoveredthedetailsofthisinatutorial.SodoconsiderredrawingyourdesigninGlyphs.Itmaybelessworkthanimportingthepathsandcleaningthemupafterwards.當(dāng)人們問(wèn)我如何將AdobeIllustrator的字稿導(dǎo)入Glyphs時(shí)，我的第一個(gè)反映通常是Illustrator所能提供的。其實(shí)，Glyphs中做了介紹。因此，請(qǐng)大家認(rèn)真考慮用Glyphs軟件重新繪制您的設(shè)計(jì)。這可能比直接從Illustrator導(dǎo)入矢量字稿，再進(jìn)行清理，可能來(lái)得更省力一些。InFile>FontInfo>OtherSettings,you’llfindaGridSpacingvalue.IfyourGridSpacingisnotzero,allyourcoordinateswillberoundedbyyourGridSpacingvalue.If,however,yousetyourGridSpacingtozero,Glyphswillusefloatingpointcoordinates,andpracticallynoroundingwilloccur.So,ifyounalotoftransformationsafterimport,orifyourdrawingshavevery,veryfinedetails,thensetyourGridSpacingtozero.Otherwise,youusuallywanttokeepitatone.文件File字體信息FontInfoOtherSettings網(wǎng)格間距GridSpacing”值。當(dāng)“網(wǎng)格間距”不是零，所有坐標(biāo)將會(huì)被設(shè)置的“網(wǎng)格間距值四舍五入。然而，當(dāng)網(wǎng)格間距設(shè)置為零，Glyphs將使用浮點(diǎn)坐標(biāo)，實(shí)際上設(shè)計(jì)圖稿有非常非常完美的細(xì)節(jié)，請(qǐng)將網(wǎng)格間距設(shè)置為零。否則，你通常想把它Scale:1Point=1OnepointinIllustratorcorrespondstooneunitinGlyphs.Bydefault,oneunitisathousandthofanem.Ormoreprecisely,whateveryouhavesetyourUPM(unitsperem)valuetointheFontInfo(Cmd-I).Afullemiswhateveryousetyourfontsizetolateron.Thismeansthat,bydefault,yourIllustratordrawingsaremostlikelymuchtoosmall.Anaveragex-heightishalfanem,i.e.500units.And500unitstranslateto500pointsinIllustrator.That’sapproxima y17.6centimeters(almost7inches),justforthex-height!It’sagoodideatoalreadyscaleyourdrawingsinIllustrator.Thiskeepsroundingerrorsatlaterstagestoaminimum,especiallyifyourGridSpacing(seeabove)isnotzero.Forthatpurpose,youmaywanttosetyourmeasurementunitstopoints.Youcandothatbyright-clickingtherulersattheedgesofthewindoworbychangingyoursettingsinIllustrator’sapplicationpreferences.比例：1點(diǎn)1了UPM值(每全角字符的單位數(shù)）。一個(gè)完整的全角字符的尺寸和你日后設(shè)定字符字符的一半，即“500個(gè)單位”。在Illustrator中，“500個(gè)單位”轉(zhuǎn)換為“500點(diǎn)”。Illustrator”值（見(jiàn)上文）不為零，也可使后續(xù)的處理中舍入的誤差降至最低。為此，您可能需要將文件的測(cè)量單位設(shè)置為“點(diǎn)points”Illustrator中應(yīng)用CopyandNow,allyouneedtodoiscopyandpasteyourvectordrawingsfromIllustratorintoGlyphs.Makesureyoucopyonlyclosedpathsandmakesureyouhavetherightglyphactivatedwhenyoupaste.There’soneproblemthough.Illustratorusesonecoordinatesystemforthewholecanvas,whereasthecoordinatesinafontworkonaper-glyphbasis.Glyphswillrecognizecoordinatesthatarewayoffandaskyouifyoureallywantthatobjectcedoutoftheglyphbounds.in99.9percentofthecases,youwanttoCorrect現(xiàn)在，你需要做的是將矢量圖稿從Illustrator并粘貼到Glyphs中。確保你的Illustrator在整個(gè)畫(huà)布中使用一個(gè)坐標(biāo)系，而字體的坐標(biāo)是以字形邊界之外。在99.9％的情況下，你要對(duì)字體進(jìn)行“邊界修正”：Glyphswillthenalignthepasteddrawingeithertothebaselineortheleftsidebearingofthecurrentglyph,ortoboth,whateverisnecessarytobringitbackintotheglyphbounds.Butthismaymessupthingslikeovershootsordescenders.Turnsoutthere’sabetterwaytodothat.TakeControlofInIllustratoruptoversionCS4,youcansetanoriginpointbydraggingthecrosshairfromthetinyareainthetop-leftcornerofthewindowwheretheverticalandhorizontalrulersmeet.Glyphswillrespectthepositionoftheoriginwhenyoupaste.Illustrator’sorigincorrespondstoaglyph’sx=0/y=0point,i.e.whereleftsidebearingandbaselineintersect.小區(qū)域中，拖動(dòng)十字光標(biāo)來(lái)設(shè)置原點(diǎn)。當(dāng)你粘貼時(shí)，Glyphs則會(huì)尊重原點(diǎn)的位置。Illustrator的原點(diǎn)對(duì)應(yīng)著Glyphs中的x=0/y=0點(diǎn)，即字面和字身的左側(cè)間距和基線(xiàn)InIllustratorCS5andabove,youneedtosetthatoriginintheartboardoptions.Bringupyourartboardpalette,andpickOptionsfromthepalette ,ordouble-clicktheartboardsymbol,ordouble-clicktheartboardtoolinthetoolbar.Youcan,forinstance,settheheightofyourartboardto500ptanditsorigintothebottomleft在IllustratorCS5及更高版本中，您需要在畫(huà)板選項(xiàng)中設(shè)置原點(diǎn)。打開(kāi)“畫(huà)板面板ThenyoucanscaleandrepositionyourlettersorsymbolslikeNow,ifyou’rearealgeek,youcanceequallysizedboxesaroundeachobjectandhaveanIllustratoractionscalethemuptotherightsizeandposition,removetheboxandcopytheobjectintotheclipboard.Andwhataboutthewidthoftheglyph?Afterpasting,youcanquicklyfixrightsidebearingbyenteringitsvalueinthegreyinfobox.Or,youcansetthemallatoncebyselectingyourglyphsintheFonttabandthenenteringthemetricsvaluesintheinfoareainthebottomleftofthewindow.CleaningAsImentionedinthebeginning,thereismuchmoretosayaboutgoodpaths,buthereisaquickandeasywaytocorrecttheworstproblems:IntheFonttab,selectallglyphs(Cmd-ChoosePaths>AddExtremes.Thiswillinsertnodesatextremepositionsofpathsegments.Ifyoudon’tknowwhatthatmeans,don’tworry,doitanyway.ChoosePaths>CorrectPathDirection(Cmd-Shift-R).Thiswillfixyourcountersandthepathorderinsideaglyph.ChoosePaths>TidyUpPaths.ThiswillremovesuperfluousnodesdoubledUnlessyouneedveryhighdetailinyouroutlines,youmayalsowanttochoosePaths>RoundCoordinateswhichwillroundallyourcoordinatestothenearestinteger.在字體選項(xiàng)卡中，選擇所有字形（Cmd-A）ChoosePathsAddExtremes。這將在路徑的端點(diǎn)位置插入節(jié)點(diǎn)。如果你不知道什么意思，別擔(dān)心，去做。ChoosePathsCorrectPathDirectionCmd-Shift-R)”。這將會(huì)修復(fù)你的字腔和字符內(nèi)輪廓的路徑順序。ChoosePathsTidyUpPaths。這將刪除多余的節(jié)點(diǎn)除非你對(duì)字符輪廓有的細(xì)節(jié)要求，你可以選擇“路徑>角坐標(biāo)點(diǎn)choosePaths>RoundCoordinates”，這將使您所有坐標(biāo)的轉(zhuǎn)為