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diff --git a/src/README.md b/src/README.md index 1a015d06f..598060530 100644 --- a/src/README.md +++ b/src/README.md @@ -1,14 +1,25 @@ # Source files -You either edit the .glyphs file OR you edit the UFO files. -Any edits to the .glyphs file will overwrite changes to UFO files, -but not vice versa. +The main source file is `Inter-UI.glyphs`, but you can easily generate +UFOs and work with those instead, if you're using a FontEditor that does +not support .glyphs files. -`Inter-UI.glyphs` is the main combined master file. -Editing this and running `make` patches and potentially overwrites changes to -the UFO files and replaces `Inter-UI.desigspace`. +For more details on how to work with these source files and how to build +font files from them, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). -`Inter-UI.desigspace` and `Inter-UI*.ufo` are generated from the .glyphs file -but can be edited themselves. For instance, if you fork this project and -prefer to work with UFOs, you can do that and simply ignore the .glyphs file. +## Generating designspace and UFO files + +``` +make designspace +``` + +This will generate all masters as UFO files in this (`src`) directory as well +as accompanying designspace files. + +You can now forget about the .glyphs file and simply work with the UFO and +designspace files, and keep building using `make`. + +Note that UFO and designspace files are automatically generated as part of +the build process, so in practice you can simply run `make` and those files +will be generated for you. |