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When adding folder to your Font Library use the option to create groups. MainType 4 uses a database approach and doesn't care about paths or folders. Use the groups pane to view the fonts in any group. A group is like a filter on a database, which shows only fonts in the database that match a patter...

Since nodes can only be placed at integer x,y co-ordinates, adding more nodes than necessary is always going to distort the curve slightly due to rounding errors. That's why I still wonder what the advantage is of doing this?

See In Search of A Perfect Circle

The two curves will be very similar, but not identical. I don't see the point of the exercise, but its quite easy to do already. With the off-curve point selected, press shortcut "a" to add an on-curve point Marquee select the on-curve point plus the preceding on curve point Press shortcut...

It is similar to Clarendon MT though not a close match.

Please bookmark What The Font

Assuming that you want to create a regular font, and not a white font on a solid black background. Open the image in PhotoShop (or IrfanView) Invert the image to black on white Select one number and copy it to the clipboard Start a new font Open the appropriate number in the glyph edit window Delete...

Try Tools, Font Folders, Add.

The Rename index entry for page 28 is in the MT4 manual, but the entry is not. The index needs updating I think, that's all. There's no "Smart Font Operations" on age 17 either: - R - Register 3 Rename font 28 - S - Sample 19 Shortcut 15, 24, 28 Smart font operations 17 Sort fonts 25 Syste...

Bottleneck Regular — there are several versions all much the same.

The script font is harder to identify. What the Font? cannot separate the letters.

The only way I can think of is to manually sort your font in rows, inserting empty glyphs wherever necessary, using copy and paste special to copy mappings, and all font data.

That will make it much easier to select blocks for making transformations, with click and shift click, or click and drag.

This is a serious defect with bold transformation (and some others). It would be better to have the transformation work on a percentage of the stroke weight rather than a fixed value. Erwin already knows this, but I suspect that its not trivial to fix. The work-around if glyphs have High Contrast is...

Rayden wrote:So, Word 2007 doesn't support it??

You need to upgrade to Word 2010 to get OpenType support.

PagePlus X5 also supports OpenType Features, and is currently available at a discount, which is usually an indication that a new version is not many months away.

Google is your friend for such questions — you can quickly find a wide range of solutions by searching, e.g. Wiki How Using Google search is easy. Just type How do I type characters not on hte keyboard? in the Google search field. The optimal solution depends on the software you're using, which spec...

Thanks for that. A fun way to hone your kerning skills.

Run the FontConfig utility

Organising Fonts
Click on the tree icon with the tooltip that says, "Toggle Family Grouping." Then the other icons won't be greyed out.