Variable font design: making sources compatible for interpolation (Part 1: the RoboFont way)

Once you’ve drawn multiple sources (AKA masters) for a variable font, it can be tricky to make these compatible for interpolation. Here is a look at my current stage of making Name Sans Display Italics, and then a variety of ways I achieve source compatibility when I’m working in RoboFont. Frank’s Python script for fixing start points: https://gist.github.com/frankrolf/e75... Video Contents: 0:00 Intro & project context 0:39 A few more Glyphs tips for fixing Italics 0:52 “View next font” 2:48 Viewing filled glyph while editing 4:04 Outlining the next steps in this font project 6:53 RoboFont: previewing interpolations with Skateboard 8:42 Manually fixing compatibility, a basic example 10:55 A slightly more complex example 18:12 An example with different glyph structures 23:44 An intro to Prepolator 24:57 Me being confused about Prepolator for awhile 29:04 Prepolator Next: a better way 31:28 Success for glyph D! Let’s debug O… 34:05 Why Prepolator Next is awesome 41:19 Editorial update: a few notes on Prepolator Next 43:17 Conclusion