UI for Font Features

[kblewett]

I guess I haven’t been paying attention to categories. I’ve been assuming that this post was an indication that work is happening in Bloom -

Font Features UI & Parser

Currently, in Bloom if you want a particular alternate glyph, you have to come up with CSS to select it. e.g. [lang="kdj"] { font-feature-settings: "dig4" 1; } I’m thinking about how we can improve that, and have two questions: Question 1) Are there any good examples of a program with a user interface that lets you see all your options and select which ones you want? I know about this one from Word: [image] But that does not seem particularly helpful if I want, for example, to get a par…

Language program workers who regularly enable Font Features in Paratext (and now PTX Print) and LibreOffice need to enable the same features in Bloom. Bloom users really need a UI for this; tweaking the CSS code is beyond the capabilities of most users.

[kblewett]

Another post related to this request–

Typing alternate glyphs in Bloom; could it be set up in KeyMan?

I’m wondering whether this issue has been addressed yet; I can’t find any posts in the forums. In Paratext, InDesign, LibreOffice one can specify to use the Graphite alternate glyphs for a style or a project font (PT). For other programs we have been encouraged to use TypeTuner to create custom fonts. I’m trying to figure out how to propagate a custom font with books placed in Bloom Library or a country-wide book repository, or even between literacy teachers in neighboring languages. For exam…

[katelem]

@kblewett

Bloom users really need a UI for this; tweaking the CSS code is beyond the capabilities of most users.

I agree with you completely. Sometimes even those features refuse to turn on after the code is added. A UI will be a good idea.