Ygt is a Python app for hinting TrueType fonts. It is built to be fast, flexible, and free.
Ygt is in an alpha state, with features yet to be added (especially auto-hinting). But it is already a workable program, which the developer has used to hint thousands of glyphs in several large fonts.
This is open source software.
Key Features
- Emphasizes modern requirements for TrueType hinting while deemphasizing the obsolete.
- The most common commands use unmodified shortcut keys so you can work quickly with one hand on the keyboard and one on the mouse.
- Reads either a TrueType font or a UFO.
- Saves hints in an easily understood and edited YAML file, which can be compiled to a hinted font either from inside the program or from the command line, or it can save compiled hints to a UFO (from which fontmake can produce a hinted font).
Website: github.com/psb1558/ygt
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Developer: Peter Baker
License: Apache License 2.0
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