Post #1883896

2025-08-25 15:15 UTC

@drawBot First, make sure you have Python 3.11 installed. ``` python --version ``` Then, install the proofing tools using ``` pip3 install git+https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/drawBotProofing.git ``` You can now use the following commands: ``` accent-proof alphabet-proof charset-proof context-proof figure-spacing-proof glyph-proof glyphset-proof overlay-proof reference-proof text-proof unicode-chart-proof vertical-metrics-comparison-proof vertical-metrics-proof waterfall-proof ```

Replies (5)

@frankrolf@typo.social 2025-08-25 15:22

@drawBot `accent-proof` – shows all Latin accents with supported example characters & words, plus interesting non-decomposible base glyphs. For example:

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@frankrolf@typo.social 2025-08-25 16:46

@drawBot `reference-proof` – check how a given word or character looks in a number of fonts. Default is checking all installed fonts (default), optionally check all fonts in a folder (-d).

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@frankrolf@typo.social 2025-08-25 16:53

@drawBot `text-proof` – make a page of legit-looking text using randomized sentences. If you are adventurous, a secondary font can be specified. Many options for controlling point size, kerning, character sets, filtering, etc.

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@frankrolf@typo.social 2025-08-25 17:03

@drawBot `unicode-chart-proof` – a contribution by my esteemed colleague Joshua Hadley. 🥰 Create character charts similar to those appearing in The Unicode® Standard, but using the supplied font (and only the characters present in the font). With some nice details like PDF bookmarks, and VF support!

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@frankrolf@typo.social 2025-08-25 17:44

@drawBot `waterfall-proof` – various waterfalls, sorted by weight (if the sorting algorithm works out 😆)

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