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# Font Info – Features

Glyphs automatically generates most of the common features, click the circled arrow in the corner to initiate that. The feature generator is based on certain name conventions and suffixes. E.g. all letters with names ending in ‘.sc’ are being located in the small caps feature. Letters described with more than one letter name joined by underscores are being recognized as ligatures. Find a complete list of the suffixes here:
Glyph naming scheme for automatic feature generation

To write features manually, uncheck the ‘Automatic’ checkbox or create a new feature by clicking the plus button at the bottom left. Edit the name of the feature (or class) directly in the list. Glyphs uses Adobe FDK syntax. Find details at Adobe Opentype Feature File Syntax.

Put all information that needs to stand outside a feature in the prefix. Glyphs will put language systems here. This is a good place for mark classes and OpenType tables like GDEF.

The bottom right area is for notes. In Stylistic Set features (ss01 through ss20), you can use it to set the name of the Set. Type ‘Name:’, followed by the intended description. Alternatively, you can enter the complete featureNames lookup as described in the Adobe FDK syntax.

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