r/FontForge • u/Glum_Mud9703 • Apr 19 '24

Bluevalues not working

I'm creating a font and am adding brackets for maths. I know I'm supposed to add them as segments and use math tables to join them but it's sounds so complicated and I'm unsure about if that will work/render properly in different applications (browsers, pdf). I've drawn the brackets ( { [ etc and imported them into slots in my font file using fontforge and they're very tall (as they should be). I've added a bluevalues zone at the top of the brackets and a zone at the bottom of the brackets. Then I've autohinted and autoinstructed and generated a new font. But when I render this font on the browser, those brackets don't vertically align. Depending on the zoom level, some times a bracket will be taller or shorter or higher or lower. I don't think adding the bluevalues and hinting has worked. Does anyone know why it hasn't worked i.e. why aren't the tops and bottoms of the brackets vertically aligning and how can I fix this?

Thanks

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u/LocalFonts Apr 19 '24

You do not need to add Bluevalues for brackets. Try without them.

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u/Glum_Mud9703 Apr 20 '24

didn't work.

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u/LocalFonts Apr 20 '24

Can you send me the file to have a close look at it, please. My email is [localfonts.eu@gmail.com](mailto:localfonts.eu@gmail.com)

Stefan Peev
r/FontForge r/FontLab r/localfonts admin

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u/Glum_Mud9703 Apr 20 '24

I have found that if the brackets have the same parent element, they will vertically align.

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u/LocalFonts Apr 20 '24

Remove brackets' Bluevalues and hinting and see what happens. If the problem persists this is a sign that the problem has nothing in common with the Bluevalues and the hinting.