#How to create a glyph pdf

glyph compile -f pdf - to compile the current document into HTML and then transform it into PDF.

glyph compile -auto - to keep recompiling the current document every time a file is changed.

glyph compile - to compile the current document into a single HTML file.

glyph add introduction.textile - to create a new file called introduction.textile.

glyph init - to initialize a new Glyph project in the current (empty) directory.

Its interface resambles Git’s for its simplicity and power (thanks to the gli gem). Glyph enables you to minimize text duplication, focus on content rather than presentation, manage references seamlessly and automate tedious tasks through a simple but effective macro language, specifically geared towards customization and extensibility. With Glyph, creating and maintaining any kind of document becomes as easy as… programming. Glyph is a Rapid Document Authoring Framework. To display a list that includes all available glyphs, click the Show all glyphs button.

Click a glyph to display it in the Character and glyph list. To view all glyphs in a group, click a character, and then click the OpenType feature indicator. To display a list that includes grouped glyphs, make sure that the Show all glyphs button does not appear pressed. Open the Character filter list box, and in the OpenType area, enable any of the check boxes for the available OpenType features. In the Insert character docker, choose an OpenType font from the Font list box. Open the Character filter list box, and enable the check boxes for the character subsets that you want to display. In the Insert character docker, choose a font from the Font list box. Press the corresponding key on the keyboard. Alternatively, you can display a longer list that shows available glyphs at a glance.Įach selected character appears against a set of blue lines that let you preview its position in relation to the text baseline. The default view shows a list of characters in which the glyphs for individual characters appear grouped. The Insert character docker is ideal for viewing and applying the OpenType features provided by OpenType fonts. For more information about OpenType features, see Working with OpenType features. OpenType - includes the OpenType features provided by the selected font such as standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, fraction, alternate annotation forms, and more. Scripts - includes the scripts that the selected font supports, such as Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana and Katakana, Han, Arabic, or Hebrew scripts

Ĭommon - includes arrows, currency, mathematical symbols, numbers, punctuation marks, and separators as well as CJK symbols and punctuation marks (used in Asian scripts).

For example, you can display only currency symbols or numbers, or you can display only Cyrillic characters and symbols.Ĭharacters included in a font are organized in the following categories:

Using the Insert character docker, you can find and insert special characters, symbols, and glyphs (variations of individual characters or character combinations) of OpenType fonts.Īll characters, symbols, and glyphs included in a font are displayed by default, but you can filter character subsets to display only the characters you want. Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs To use the list of most recently used special characters To filter special characters, symbols, and glyphs To add a special character, symbol, or glyph

How to create a glyph