Re: [fontforge-users] Composite small caps

[Thales M. <tha...@gm...>]

If you delete the spacing grave(U+0060) and the modifier grave(U+02cb) and
leave only the combining grave(U+0300) and then tweak the
"PreferSpacingAccents" back and forth, and it still doesn't work, then I
don't know. Perhaps someone else could give a tip.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 05:18 Mauro Sacchetto via fontforge-users <
fon...@li...> wrote:

> Thanks for the Python tip; I'll take my time.
>
>
> One last, crucial question.
>
> When creating composite glyphs, FF uses Modifiers, not Combinings. But
> the former shouldn't contain anchors, unlike the latter. For example,
> agrave is automatically composed of a + gravemodifier (uni02cb) and not
> a + gravecomb (uni0300). This defeats a more precise positioning
> calculated with anchors.
>
> Is there a way to set FF to automatically use Combinings and not Modifiers?
>
>
>
>
>
> Il 26/08/26 16:42, Thales Martins ha scritto:
> > Do you know any programming at all?
> >
> > Take a look at this documentation:
> > https://fontforge.org/docs/scripting/python/fontforge.html
> >
> > As you can see, there are methods like "glyph.anchorPoints" and
> > "glyph.addReference" that allow you to look at an anchor, create a
> > proper transformation matrix and position the reference to create your
> > composites.
> >
> > Learning Python with chatbots is really fun. Programming in general
> > can be really fun but it can also be really annoying and drive you
> > crazy. The fun part is when you're developing the ideas, testing, and
> > it's all working, and the project is moving forward. The really
> > annoying part is when the project gets really really complex, that
> > every now and then a bug arises, and you get stuck for 3 weeks turning
> > everything upside down and can't for the love of God make it work. And
> > just so you know, so you can make an informed decision, the fun part
> > is usually 10% of the time, while the annoying, crazy driving part, is
> > the other 90%.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM Mauro Sacchetto via fontforge-users
> > <fon...@li...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     I've never used Python scripts; I'm curious where I could find some
> >     exa
> >
>
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