[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":71},["ShallowReactive",2],{"gql:data:HKBAVaB2ki":3},{"entry":4},{"id":5,"title":6,"bgColor":7,"fgColor":8,"hoverVideo":9,"titleCaption":9,"liveLink":10,"seoPageDescription":11,"tags":12,"thumbnail":22,"socialShareImage":28,"projectMatrix":30},"833","Proportion Prediction","#cccccc","#4d1448",null,"https://tdbr.xyz/proportion-prediction","A proportion prediction should serve as a support for type designers. They can see whether a typeface roughly corresponds to familiar norms or consciously decides against the norms.",[13,16,19],{"id":14,"title":15},"134","Tool",{"id":17,"title":18},"133","Typography",{"id":20,"title":21},"438","Experiment",[23],{"id":24,"mimeType":25,"path":26,"width":27,"alt":9},"834","image/jpeg","proportion_2025-12-26-212412_utxz.jpg",1200,[29],{"id":24,"mimeType":25,"path":26,"width":27,"alt":9},[31,36,44,48,52,60,63,66],{"id":32,"typeHandle":33,"initialLetter":34,"ckeditor":35},"835","projectText",true,"\u003Cp>A proportion prediction should serve as a support for type designers. They can see whether a typeface roughly corresponds to familiar norms or consciously decides against the norms.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>We are talking about horizontal proportions. Vertical proportions are set once and usually do not change again. Vertical proportions do not require any assistance from the computer.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>For this purpose, a data set has been created that contains the proportions for a total of 2020 fonts. Based on this data, the proportions of a font can be approximately calculated starting from just one letter.\u003C/p>",{"id":37,"typeHandle":38,"caption":39,"image":40},"836","projectImage","Simplified principle of the proprtion prediction",[41],{"id":42,"mimeType":25,"path":43,"width":27,"alt":9},"837","pp-principle_2025-12-26-212455_nvwy.jpg",{"id":45,"typeHandle":46,"subheadline":47},"839","projectSubheadline","Problem",{"id":49,"typeHandle":33,"initialLetter":50,"ckeditor":51},"838",false,"\u003Cp>When a new font project is created in »Glyphs«, the widths of all glyphs are automatically set to a width of 600. The default width does not change even if some letters have already been designed.\u003C/p>",{"id":53,"typeHandle":38,"caption":9,"image":54},"840",[55],{"id":56,"mimeType":57,"path":58,"width":59,"alt":9},"841","image/png","proportion_2025-12-26-212528_agre.png",1791,{"id":61,"typeHandle":46,"subheadline":62},"842","Idea",{"id":64,"typeHandle":33,"initialLetter":50,"ckeditor":65},"843","\u003Cp>Wouldn't it be desirable if Glyphs would set the default width of the not yet designed letters, directly into the appropriate proportions of the existing letters?\u003C/p>",{"id":67,"typeHandle":68,"video":69,"caption":70},"844","projectVideo","pp-english.mp4","How to use the proprtion prediction in Glyphs",1775142922564]