A GlyphsApp plugin
Note: this site will be updated soon, showing all the new and existing features. Stay tuned.
Variable Fonts are the next big thing in (web) typography. So next and so big, that their potential isn’t even fully discovered by designers.
What is clear already is that they bring incredible new opportunities do design and web experiences. Along with those new chances come
challenges for the type designers who create v-Fonts:
Juggling with crazy, unprecedented master setups and keeping all possible outcomes with variable axes in sight became a
mind-boggling and sheer unsolvable task. Until now!
With this GlyphsApp plug-in you can now immediately preview what your variable font will look like with any axis settings,
see the live result while drawing, spot interpolation issues. It works with ordinary Multiple Master fonts just as well.
Version 2.0 is entirely rewritten in native Apple code, which brings not only an incredible performance boost,
but also eases up the maintaining und updating process. That means more comfort for you.
Features:
- Live preview of any variable font setting without exporting any font files.
- Preview the content of your Edit Tab as well as your current glyph.
- See the masters involved in the current interpolation.
- Easily spot interpolation issues that can be hard to find otherwise.
- Glyph swapping (»bracket trick« layers) can be previewed.
- Works with ordinary Multiple Master fonts as well.
- Huge (10k+ glyphs) fonts are no problem at all.
- Show/hide the nodes of the interpolation.
- Quickly set sliders to your masters or instances.
- Make an instance from current slider setup.
- Preview virtual masters.
FAQ
- Either click the Install button above, and then:
- Allow the browser to open Glyphs.
- Accept the install dialoge in the app
- Relaunch Glyphs
- Or do it manually:
- Open Glyphs
- Open the Plugin Manager by selecting Window → Plugin Manager.
- Search for “Variable Font Preview 3”
- Click Install next to the Variable Font Preview 3 plugin preview.
- Relaunch Glyphs
It is now available as a Reporter.
(A) In case your trial period is still ongoing:
- Right click on the plugin’s UI elements (such as the preview window or the slider box).
- Click “Open Registration Window” in the appearing plugin’s context menu.
- Or wait a bit until the trial reminder window pops up automatically.
(B) In case your trial period has already expired:
- Activate the plugin and a window will show up.
- Purchase or enter a license in this registration window.
It’s very common that newer cutting edge versions of Glyphs break things that some plugins rely on. In the meantime you can use a lower version of Glyphs, while I am fixing the issue. Please let me know about it.
Note: You can have several GlyphsApp versions installed.
Download an older version with a URL in this formhttps://updates.glyphsapp.com/Glyphs3.1.2-3151.zip
Adjust the version to the one you need.
Tip: with the script “Copy Download URL for Current App Version” by mekkablue you can quickly get a download url that you can adjust to to your needs.
Your GlyphsApp needs to be version 3 and a higher build than 3062.
If Glyphs doesn’t offer you a sufficiently high version, enable cutting edge versions in Glyphs:Preferences
> “Updates”
> “Show cutting edge versions”
.
Note: You can have several GlyphsApp versions installed.
You can always contact me via my contact form below. Another way is to open an issue on GitHub.
Yes. Please write me via the contact form below for a discount.