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Copy-paste? When you have created a few basic characters, you also want to create the rest of the alphabet. But how? Copy and paste? Euhm, not really. Although, this can help you on the way.
當(dāng)你設(shè)計(jì)了幾個(gè)基本的字符，你還想繼續(xù)完成整個(gè)字母表。該怎樣做？復(fù)制粘貼？嗯，不完全對，但，也會有助于你的開始。
There are some things which you can do, and some which you cannot do while copy-pasting. Some forms can be just the same. The ascender of the 'l' and 'h' for example. But maybe the bowl of the 'd' and 'q' as well. Once you created a 'd', this could work fine as a starting point for a 'b' and a 'p', by rotating the 'd' 180 degrees.
有些東西是復(fù)制粘貼可以完成的，有些則不是。有些形狀是完全一樣的。比如“l(fā)”和“h”的上伸部。“d”和“q”的字碗也有可能是一樣的。當(dāng)你完成了一個(gè)“d”，你就可以把這個(gè)“d”旋轉(zhuǎn)180度，以此為基礎(chǔ)完成“b”和“p”的制作。
Copy-paste should not change the contrast in your typeface. When you make a typeface based on the broad nip, horizontal and vertical flipping will disturb the angle of your contrast, and will destroy your shape. However, by rotating a (part of a) character 180 degrees, the contrast remains perfect and untouched.
復(fù)制粘貼不會改變你字體的粗細(xì)比率。但如果你設(shè)計(jì)的是基于平頭鋼筆書法原型的字體（參見第四節(jié)-書法原型），那么水平或垂直鏡像的造字方法，就會影響字體粗細(xì)對比所形成的角度（譯注：對于這個(gè)角度，有一個(gè)更準(zhǔn)確的術(shù)語：stress，應(yīng)力），從而破壞字體的形狀。不過，通過把一個(gè)字符（或其部件）旋轉(zhuǎn)180度的方法來造字，則不會有損于粗細(xì)比率的完美。
But copy-paste doesn't bring you all the way there. It can work as a starting point, but manual adjustments will be mostly necessary. For example, if you have a 'n', you can quite quickly make a 'm' and a 'h', but also a 'u' (see drawing). Copy, paste and rotate the 'n'. Then cut some serifs, and... not ready yet! If you cut away the serifs, also on the inner side of the 'u', the white space inside the 'u' will get bigger then the white space inside the 'n'. This has to be optically corrected.
復(fù)制粘貼大法并不是萬能的，它只能作為一個(gè)起始點(diǎn)，大部分的時(shí)候都需要手工的調(diào)校。比如說，你已經(jīng)有了一個(gè)“n”，你不但可以用來快速生成一個(gè)“m”和“h”，還可以用它來制作一個(gè)“u”（如圖）。復(fù)制，粘貼，然后旋轉(zhuǎn)這個(gè)“n”。切除不要的襯線，然后就…等等，還沒完！當(dāng)你切除了內(nèi)部的襯線之后，內(nèi)部的白空間就會比“n”的要大，所以必須進(jìn)行視覺上的微調(diào)。
One solution for this could be to make the 'u' a bit more narrow, or maybe another solution could be to make the serif on the top a bit longer (which also makes the innerform smaller of course). Whatever way you do it, make sure the inner forms have (optically) the same amount of white space. Only in that way you'll get a harmonious rhythm in your type.
一個(gè)解決方法是把“u”稍微擠壓一點(diǎn)，或者還有另外一個(gè)方法，加大內(nèi)部右上角的襯線，這樣也能把內(nèi)部的白空間減少一些。不管哪種方法，都必須確保字體的內(nèi)部形狀在視覺上擁有同等的白空間。只有這樣，你的字體才能夠獲得和諧的節(jié)奏。
英文原文
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出處：藍(lán)色理想
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