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Macrons in Rise
We are trying to create a course that has A LOT of words with macrons. Using the default fonts in Rise, the letters with macrons appear much smaller, and look quite messy.
Does anybody have a fix they can offer?
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Hello, Theo and Emma! Did you have any luck using Transfonter as Paul suggested above?
I've spent a few hours trying to resolve problems with macrons. Thanks to Articulate support here's what we found...
- The instructions "follow these steps" suggested using FontSquirrel. The FontSquirrel process stripped out some language macrons. So try Transfonter.
- Use FontDrop to check your new woff files to see if they have the extended set. You can type the macron and see if it appears.
- When naming a custom font in Rise, don't include spaces. There is no error message about this. So I thought the error was in my font file.
Hi Alyssa, I too saw the comment regarding font squirrel and naming of fonts , so had no problems.
The end result is acceptable, although the slightly bolder text of the macronised font is more apparent in the headings. (see attached image).
Would be nice if we could have a default perfect macronised font or two to choose from wouldn’t it 😊
Cheers
Theo
Theo Brandt
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Transfonter is what I had originally tried, with no spaces in the custom font name. Still getting things like this:
I'll have another go this afternoon, but am running out of time to get a viable solution going. I'd really appreciate something which isn't a workaround.
Thanks for that insight, folks. I'll be sure our team knows you need default macronised fonts to choose from, and we'll keep our eyes out for similar requests.
Another quirk I've found is that macrons can display okay in Rise Edit/Preview but not in the review or production version. I've just found a font that has got through to the production version, because of this. I'll have to process that font and course again.
Here are two photos... the first is from Rise Edit/Preview, the second is from Rise review:
Just adding another voice to the request for working macrons. Māori isn't the only language that uses them - Hawai'ian and Sāmoan both need them too,
And yes, I've tried uploading a custom font. It didn't work.
Hi everyone! If you're using Roboto or Open Sans fonts in your courses, we've just updated those fonts to the latest version. Clear your browser cache to see the effect in your courses.
