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Problems with kerning in CS2
Posted by Queneau in
28 Apr 2011 — 4:29am
28 Apr 2011 — 4:29am
Hi,
I have a problem with the kerning of ITC Bodoni 12. The fonts seem to be OK when I view them in fontexplorer, with kerning properly applied. However when I use them in Adobe CS2 the kerning does not work and the values are all zero. I viewed it in Fontlab, where there are kerning pairs defined using the kern feature. I compared with some other fonts and the only difference I could find in coding was the line mentioned below:
feature kern { # Kerning
script ;
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28 Apr 2011 — 4:32am
In other fonts this is:
feature kern { # Kerning# Latin
28 Apr 2011 — 4:34am
I tried to resolve things by copying this into bodoni but this did nothing to resolve the issue. Any ideas?
Thanks
Jeffrey
PS sorry for the stretched post, but the posting system seems to run haywire with the coding. Me not really a HTML crack...
28 Apr 2011 — 5:29am
In my font it is that way:
feature kern {
script DFLT;
language dflt ;
script latn;
language dflt ;
lookup kernHorizontalKerninglookup1;
} kern;
28 Apr 2011 — 6:08am
I found suggestions in other threads that the lack of other OT features may be a problem. Bodoni 12 only has the 'kern' feature. I tried adding another feature in fontlab but this did not work somehow, but as I'm not really experienced with fontlab and might be doing something wrong.
28 Apr 2011 — 7:02am
I'd contact the foundry or distributor. If there's really a bug, it's up to them to correct it.
28 Apr 2011 — 7:57am
I have indeed contacted the foundry, so I will wait for their response. I have found another typeface, Gill Sans Schoolbook OT TTF, which does not show kerning in CS2 (this time not in fontexplorer as well) but does show them in fontlab. It also only has the kern function. If this is the bug, then perhaps someone can show me how to resolve this on my own in other cases?
28 Apr 2011 — 8:25am
http://typophile.com/node/28930
28 Apr 2011 — 8:58am
Janek, thanks for the link. I tried it, but it still does not work the way it should.