iF IndyFont 1.1 Create Pure OpenType Fonts with InDesign CS4 / CS5 / CS6 / CC A Jongware & Indiscripts Tool USER MANUAL Overview iF 1 . Description GENERAL IDENTIFICATION Font name: My font Version: 001.000 IndyFont is a tool for Adobe InDesign® with which you can Figure style: Tabular Lining Copyright: (c) MyCompany Description: create your very own font in the familiar environment of Characters: Designer: Adrian Frutiger ○ 0030 zero [2] ● 0031 one [3] InDesign itself, and use this new font straight away in your own Designer URL: <Enter an URL here> ○ 0032 two [4] documents. ● 0033 three [5] For information on the license ● 0061 a swsh of this font, please contact its ● 0061 a.sc smcp License info: manufacturer. ● 0062 b titl ● 0062 b.sc With IndyFont you can create a new font from scratch, based on ● 0063 c sups ● 0063 c.sc subs License URL: <Enter an URL here> + 0066 f your very own character designs. The file it produces is a valid, onum + 0066 0069 f_i lnum + 0069 i cross-platform, OpenType font, which can be used in any soft- pnum TEMPLATE tnum ware that supports OpenType fonts. init Sample font: Arial Unicode MS fina isol Regular medi OOTE IndyFont is not a font editor in the traditional sense. You cannot edit Apply effects an existing font other than the fonts you create yourself. (However, as we shall see, you can do great things from existing fonts!) OTF Export Update Close IndyFont PRO 1.135 iF Licensed to: [email protected] 2 . System requirements The main dialog of IndyFont has a • Mac OS X 10.6 or later, 3 . TRY vs. PRO version very similar look- or Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 (x86 or x64 editions). and-feel in both • 800×600 pixel screen-resolution or greater. You can download a free tryout version of IndyFont at: Mac OS and Windows • Adobe InDesign CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, or CC. http://www.indiscripts.com/blog/public/scripts/IndyFontTry.zip. environments. The following It offers most of the features of the PRO release, except it will languages are available only export a single character per font. (depending on your InDesign locale): IndyFont both supports OOTE We strongly encourage you to install and test the TRY version ▶ English (default) CC 9.x and CC 2014 before you purchase the PRO license of the product. Always ▶ French make sure that your system meets the requirements. ▶ German INDYFONT 1.1 MANUAL (UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2014) 1 Getting started iF 1 . Before you install 2 ) You see there two main folders: Application and User. Right- click the User folder and pick “Reveal in Finder.” IndyFont resides in a single file: IndyFontPro.jsx. When you down- load the file from your private link, however, it is originally 3 ) You should now see a Scripts Panel folder. Drag IndyFontPro.jsx zipped. into there. Congratulations, IndyFont is now installed! The first step is to unzip the .zip file so you can placeIndyFontPro.jsx at the desired location (see below). 3 . Installing in Windows As a precaution before you go on, save your working files and 1 ) In InDesign, open the Scripts panel as follows: restart InDesign in a clean session. • CS4: Window ▶ Automation ▶ Scripts. • CS5, CS5.5, CS6, and CC: Window ▶ Utilities ▶ Scripts. 2 . Installing in Mac OS X 2 ) You see there two main folders: Application and User. Right- click the User folder and pick “Reveal in Explorer.” 1 ) In InDesign, open the Scripts panel as follows: • CS4: Window ▶ Automation ▶ Scripts. 3 ) You should now see a Scripts Panel folder. Drag IndyFontPro.jsx • CS5, CS5.5, CS6, and CC: Window ▶ Utilities ▶ Scripts. into there. Congratulations, IndyFont is now installed! MAC OS X WINDOWS DRAG INTO DRAG INTO RIGHT-CLICK RIGHT-CLICK CLICK CLICK INDYFONT 1.1 MANUAL (UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2014) 2 GENERAL IDENTIFICATION Font name: My Font Version: 001.000 iF Copyright: Figure style: Tabular Lining Getting(c) MyCompany started Description: Characters: ○ 0030 zero [2] Designer: Adrian Frutiger ● 0031 one [3] GENERAL IDENTIFICATION ○ 0032 two [4] Designer URL: <Enter an URL here> ● 0033 three [5] 4 . Installing an updateFont name:+ 0066 f My Font 6 . RunningVersion: IndyFont from001.000 the Indiscripts menu + 0066 0069 f_i For information on the license Copyright: Figure style:+ 0069 i Tabular Lining (c)of this MyCompany font, please contact its If you are notified that an update of the product is available, To have IndyFontLicense info: available inmanufacturer. the InDesign’s menu bar, simply Description: simply download theCharacters: new package from your private link, then click the Indiscripts-menu button as shown in the screenshot, IndyFontPro.jsx unzip and install the file○ 0030 zero [2] over the previous one, below, thenDesigner: close the dialog box.Adrian Frutiger i.e. at the same location.TEMPLATE● 0031 one [3] License URL: <Enter an URL here> ○ 0032 two [4] Designer URL: <Enter an URL here> Sample● font: 0033 three [5] Arial Unicode MS You can now run IndyFont going into: The new version is instantly+ 0066 functional, f and your global settings Indiscripts ▶ IndyFont PRO + 0066 0069 f_iRegular For information on the license are all preserved. + 0069 i of this font, please contact its License info: manufacturer. OTF Export Update Close 5 . Running IndyFontTEMPLATE from the Scripts panel License URL: <Enter an URL here> Sample IndyFontfont: PRO Arial Unicode1.122 MS INDISCRIPTS MENU Once the installationiF is done,Licensed switch to: back [email protected] to InDesign. You can TURNED OFF run IndyFont from the Scripts panel asRegular follows: CLICK 1 ) In InDesign, display the Scripts panel via: Tired ofOTF continually Export Update Close • Window ▶ Automation ▶ Scripts (CS4), or digging into the • Window ▶ Utilities ▶ Scripts (CS5, CS5.5, CS6, or CC). Scripts panel? INDISCRIPTS MENU IndyFont PRO 1.122 Make IndyFont TURNED ON iF available in a 2 ) Look for IndyFontPro.jsx inLicensed the User to: folder, [email protected] dedicated menu! then double-click on it. INDYFONT 1.1 MANUAL (UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2014) 3 Getting started iF GENERAL IDENTIFICATION Font name: My font Version: 001.000 GENERAL IDENTIFICATION Figure style: Tabular Lining Copyright: (c) MyCompany Font name: My font Version: 001.000 Description: GENERAL Characters: /bullet IDENTIFICATIONCLICK 7 . Create your first font Figure style: Tabular Lining Copyright: (c) MyCompany Designer: < The list is empty > Adrian Frutiger Font name: My font Version: 001.000 Description: Characters: Designer URL: <Enter an URL here> After installing the script, you are ready to create your first font! Figure style: Tabular Lining Copyright: (c) MyCompany Designer: Adrian Frutiger +< The2022 list bullet is empty > For information on the license Description:swsh of this font, please contact its Characters: Designer URL: <Enter an URL here> smcp License info: manufacturer. Designer:titl Adrian Frutiger For information on the license 1 ) Run IndyFont, and the main dialog pops up. +< The2022 list bullet is empty > swsh of this font, please contact its sups Designer URL: <Enter an URL here> smcp manufacturer. subs License info: GENERAL IDENTIFICATION License URL: <Enter an URL here>titl onum For information on the license Font name: Version: 001.000 sups My font swsh lnum of this font, please contact its Figure style: Copyright: (c) MyCompany smcp License info: manufacturer. subs Tabular Lining pnum TEMPLATE License URL: <Enter an URL here> titl Description: tnum GLYPH LIST onum Characters: A..Z lnum Designer: Adrian Frutiger sups init Sample font: Arial Unicode MS < The list is empty > pnum 4 ) Click the icon. The bullet char- subs fina TEMPLATE Designer URL: <Enter an URL here> License URL: <Enter an URL here> tnum isol Regular For information on the license onum swsh of this font, please contact its acter is now declared in the Glyph lnum medi init Sample font: Arial Unicode MS manufacturer. smcp License info: Apply effects fina titl pnum TEMPLATE list (as shown in the screenshot). Regular sups tnum isol subs License URL: medi <Enter an URL here> init Sample font: Arial Unicode MS onum Apply effects lnum fina TheOTF glyph Export has been Create Close pnum TEMPLATE 5 ) Click the Create button, and a tem- Regular tnum isol successfully added. init Sample font: Arial Unicode MS medi fina plate document is created. This Apply effects OTF Export Create Close isol Regular The glyph hasIndyFont been PRO 1.135 medi document automatically opens on Apply effects successfullyiF Licensed added. to: [email protected] the first page. OTF ExportIndyFont PROCreate 1.135 Close OTF Export Create Close iF Licensed to: [email protected] IndyFont PRO 1.135 OOTE You can see the CLICK iF Licensed to: [email protected] IndyFont PRO 1.135 iF Licensedinformation to: [email protected] from the main dialog is repeated 2 ) The default font name is “My Font”, and you can leave that like in here: the font name, that for your first experiment, or change it to anything you like. and the default version Name: Tip In this example we will use the name “Tip”. number, copyright, Version: 001.000 Description: Testing a custom bullet designer and license Copyright: © Jongware Designer: Theunis de Jong 3 ) The only character in this font is going to be a custom bullet. strings. All of these could License: For information on the license of this font, please contact its manufacturer. Delete the default text A..Z and type /bullet in the Characters be changed later in the field. main dialog of IndyFont. INFORMATION PAGE INDYFONT 1.1 MANUAL (UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2014) 4 Getting started iF 6 ) The second page contains a huge sample character at 1000 points. This is the scale at which you must work! Character outlines are stored inside a font at this size, and only when drawing an actual character on the screen (or anywhere else), it is scaled to the appropriate size.