frankrolf/touche

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2020-09-24

PythonAudience · designerComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · easy

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Finds glyph collisions
      Compares every pair
      Shows preview list
      Exports results
    Tech stack
      Python
      RoboFont
    Use cases
      Check accented letters
      Catch mark collisions
      Feed Metrics Machine
      Speed up spacing work
    Audience
      Font designers
      Type foundries
      RoboFont users
      Kerning specialists

mindmap root((repo)) What it does Finds glyph collisions Compares every pair Shows preview list Exports results Tech stack Python RoboFont Use cases Check accented letters Catch mark collisions Feed Metrics Machine Speed up spacing work Audience Font designers Type foundries RoboFont users Kerning specialists

What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Scan a full character set to find glyphs that visually touch or overlap.

USE CASE 2

Catch collisions between accented letters, numerals, and punctuation you might miss manually.

USE CASE 3

Export the collision list as a text file to feed into Metrics Machine for kerning work.

USE CASE 4

Run checks on a smaller subset of glyphs to get faster feedback during design.

What is it built with?

PythonRoboFont

How does it compare?

	frankrolf/touche	0xallam/my-recipe	0xhassaan/nn-from-scratch
Stars	—	—	0
Language	Python	Python	Python
Last pushed	2020-09-24	2022-11-22	—
Maintenance	Dormant	Dormant	—
Setup difficulty	easy	moderate	moderate
Complexity	2/5	2/5	4/5
Audience	designer	general	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Requires RoboFont installed, large glyph sets can take a few minutes to scan.

No license information is stated in the explanation.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Show me how to run Touché on a subset of glyphs in RoboFont to check for collisions faster.

Prompt 2

Explain how Touché compares glyph shapes and detects that they're touching.

Prompt 3

Help me export Touché's collision results so I can import them into Metrics Machine.

Prompt 4

What kinds of glyph pairs does Touché catch that I might miss checking manually?

Frequently asked questions

What is touche?

A RoboFont tool for font designers that automatically finds pairs of letters or marks that collide with each other in a typeface.

What language is touche written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, RoboFont.

Is touche actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2020-09-24).

What license does touche use?

No license information is stated in the explanation.

How hard is touche to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is touche for?

Mainly designer.

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