: How to automate creation of OpenType features based on glyph and/or class names? I use FontLab Studio, but if there are ways to do what I'm asking in Glyphs, I'd make the switch. I know how

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I use FontLab Studio, but if there are ways to do what I'm asking in Glyphs, I'd make the switch.

I know how to write OpenType features by hand, based on the naming-conventions of my glyphs and classes. And I've tried to expedite this lengthy process by copying features from another font, or loading them from a .fea files. But this only works if the name and number of the glyphs are the same, and even then the .otf file usually fails to export. I know there are such things as "Macros" in FontLab but I haven't used them before for lack of understanding.

So, is there a way to automate creation of OpenType features based on glyph and/or class names? Or to expedite this process with Macros or something else?

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Glyphs uses it's own elaborate glyph naming scheme, which is design to be more "human-readable" and is used to auto generate some OpenType features. For example:

You can create stylistic sets by using the suffix .ss01 for the first set, .ss02 for the second set etc.
You can create figure sets with the following suffixes: .tf for tabular lining, .tosf for tabular old-style, .lf for proportional lining and .osf for proportional old-style.

There are a number of tutorials on glyphsapp.com that explain more about the OpenType features and glyph naming in Glyphs:

glyphsapp.com/tutorials/articles/tag:opentype%20features

A useful post about porting existing projects to Glyphs and the differences in workflow when moving to Glyphs:

glyphsapp.com/tutorials/porting-to-glyphs

Side note: I couldn't recomment Glyphs enough. The UI and workflow in general is a lot cleaner and more intuitive than most font editors, without sacrificing features.

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