Want an alternate “$” for bolder weights? Assign tilde tags to glyphs that should replace other glyphs in some regions of the design space, and export these conditional glyphs into variable and static fonts, and as DesignSpace UFO rules. Buy or try #FontLab at http://fontlab.info Read more about conditional glyphs at https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab/7/manual/Release-Notes-7264-3/#conditional-glyphs-rvrn-rules | Fontlab

Interpolate along the time axis in FontLab VI: Click Record on the History panel, make some “extreme” changes, then use the History slider to get a slightly “toned down” version of your modifications that will be an interpolation between the recorded snapshot and the final state. Buy or try #FontLabVI at https://fontlab.com/VI | Fontlab

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402. Intro to elements. Type design in FontLab 7 with Dave Lawrence

122. Work with nodes in Contour tool. Type design in FontLab 7 with Dave Lawrence