User Guide

remove overlap, causing the character to have one path, but
you forgot to do it in font 2, so the still has two paths.
The message “different types of paths” occurs when a
character such as is a Referenced character in one font, but
is an actual outline character in the other. You can correct
this by using the “unlink reference” command on the
referenced character. The path # is the number of the path
that the error message applies to, and it doesn’t check any
further than the first mismatch.
The last message, “Character missing in font 2” means
that while one font has this character, the other does not,
and Fontographer can’t blend what isn’t there. If the two
fonts do not have the same number of character slots, your
blended font will have the same number of characters as
the font with the fewest character slots.
After consulting your log file, you can go back and correct
the errors and then blend again—blending only the selected
characters if you wish—to finish your font blend.
Just remember, the key to success using Blend Fonts is that
your characters in both fonts must have the same number
of paths, the same types of paths, and each font must have
the same number of character slots.
For information about the more technical details of the
blending process, refer to Chapter 10, Expert Advice.
Jonathan Hoefler sez...
In 1990, Sports Illustrated commissioned my studio to
design six typefaces, a set of six sans serifs in differing
widths (Champion Gothic Heavyweight, Middleweight,
Welter-weight, Lightweight, Featherweight, and
Bantamweight.) These fonts were drawn in Adobe
Illustrator and manufactured in Fontographer.
In 1992, the rights for these typefaces bounced back to me,
and I began selling them retail. Several art directors called
to say how much they liked the six fonts, but expressed
hope that I would someday extend the range to include a
super-condensed typeface. Given that no one was willing to
underwrite the design of a seventh font (whereas Sports
Illustrated had paid for the considerable development of the
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