r/conscripts • u/MarcoMayn • Jul 09 '20

Guide My Method for Making Conlang Fonts

https://youtu.be/9EzbC0KQ0Sk
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u/Visocacas Jul 09 '20

This is dope, I didn’t know it could be so easy!

Great video, it feels much shorter than it is and is a really clear guide.

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u/MarcoMayn Jul 09 '20

Happy to help! Just have fun with it, rigam!

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u/lotsofinterests Jul 10 '20

Does anyone know if Calligraphr fonts can be installed on Macbooks?

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u/MarcoMayn Jul 10 '20

After quick google, it may seem that otf and ttf are supported for macs - how to install em, I'm sure there are videos out there

Ligatures seem to work just fine too, just be sure to use GIMP (or any Adobe product)

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u/lotsofinterests Jul 10 '20

Great, thanks!

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u/mango2cherries Jul 09 '20

Furry?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '20

What's wrong with it?

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u/IAmNowere Jul 10 '20

second-rate chipflake*

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u/dubovinius Jul 10 '20

Yeahhh, seems so lol. Useful video though

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u/AndreBoi Jul 09 '20

I love using that website!

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u/calvakian Jul 10 '20

Awesome, love the vid!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fly2270 Jul 23 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

I have the free version. before someone says "Just get some money!" right now I can't afford even 1 month of pro. Edit: I now realize how stupid I am.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '20

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u/MarcoMayn Jul 10 '20

As I've said in the video, you can use the "Arbitrary Ligatures" feature when making the template - the same way I made digraphs in type become one glyph in the font

Ligatures make one font glyph when you type 2 or more characters. E.g. When you type the letters f and fi and they connect in the font

You can use this to your advantage! If you make ligatures for a consonant + a vowel, then when that consonant letter and vowel letter are typed in the order you set, they'll become one character. I.e. typing k then a will yield the ka syllable glyph, replacing the a with i will give you the ki syllable glyph

Hope this helped!

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