Hi Typedrawers,
I would like to introduce me and a project I am working on for quite a while.
When studying at the Type & Media department a few years ago, I was introduced to Python programming by Just van Rossum. Since then I continuously worked on small tools, which helped me with my workflow in RoboFont. The project I would like to show, started at the end of 2014 as a small experiment when attending the Expert Class Type Design.
Some of you might already know about the underlying concept. The underlying principle and algorithm find their origin in Frank E. Blokland’s PhD research on the (effects of) systematization, standardization, and unitization in Renaissance font production. With these tools the principles of spacing, applied in the production of printing types in the sixteenth century, are in a way transferred to our current digital technology of font design. More about the method here on typedrawers:
http://typedrawers.com/discussion/1140/understanding-the-lemo-cadence-grid/p1
LS Cadencer is basically meant for applying auto-spacing to fonts using an underlying grid and so called spacing tables for calculating side-bearings. LS Cadenculator, the second tool, helps to build these spacing tables by measuring side bearings of existing font.
If you are interested in the tools, I would kindly as you to join the mailing list: http://www.revolvertype.com/tools/cadencer.html
The interface might look difficult at first sight, but it is really easy to use. Please don't hesitate, if you have further questions. Here are some images of the interface and visualizations etc. to give you a first impression.